Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd figure, though, that since the parameters are being passed > into PQexecParams basically to get them out of band so I don't have > to deal with escaping, quoting, and suchlike things, that the > optimizer would look at things *after* the substitution was done.
You'd figure wrong :-(. The present mechanism for the LIKE-to-index optimization requires the LIKE pattern to be a pure, unadulterated constant. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]