Hello there is some different behave between 8.3 and 8.1, 8.4 versions. 8.3 can't share index for like and equ op.
postgres=# select version(); version ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostgreSQL 8.3.0 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) (1 row) postgres=# \i ~/Desktop/pagila-0.10.1/pagila-schema.sql postgres=# \i ~/Desktop/pagila-0.10.1/pagila-data.sql postgres=# CREATE index city_idx1 on city (city varchar_pattern_ops); CREATE INDEX postgres=# ANALYZE city postgres-# ; ANALYZE postgres=# explain select * from city where city = 'Prague'; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------ Seq Scan on city (cost=0.00..11.50 rows=1 width=23) Filter: ((city)::text = 'Prague'::text) (2 rows) postgres=# explain select * from city where city like 'Prague'; QUERY PLAN ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Index Scan using city_idx1 on city (cost=0.00..8.27 rows=1 width=23) Index Cond: ((city)::text ~=~ 'Prague'::text) Filter: ((city)::text ~~ 'Prague'::text) (3 rows) postgres=# explain select * from city where city like 'Prague%'; QUERY PLAN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index Scan using city_idx1 on city (cost=0.00..8.27 rows=1 width=23) Index Cond: (((city)::text ~>=~ 'Prague'::text) AND ((city)::text ~<~ 'Praguf'::text)) Filter: ((city)::text ~~ 'Prague%'::text) (3 rows) 8.4 works correct - is it possible backport? Regards Pavel Stehule -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers