Is spgist intended to support prefix searches with LIKE?
I ask because, first, it seems like something spgist ought to be good
at (unless I'm confused), and, second, the text_ops opfamily includes
these operators:
~<~(text,text)
~<=~(text,text)
~>=~(text,text)
~>~(text,text)
...which seems to be the same operators that are used for btree
pattern-matching searches:
rhaas=# explain select count(*) from person where last_name like 'WAR%';
QUERY PLAN
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aggregate (cost=2519.27..2519.28 rows=1 width=0)
-> Bitmap Heap Scan on person (cost=24.70..2496.75 rows=9005 width=0)
Filter: (last_name ~~ 'WAR%'::text)
-> Bitmap Index Scan on person_tpo (cost=0.00..22.45
rows=900 width=0)
Index Cond: ((last_name ~>=~ 'WAR'::text) AND
(last_name ~<~ 'WAS'::text))
(5 rows)
...but when I create an index like this:
create index person_spg on person using spgist (last_name text_ops);
...I can't get LIKE to use it, even if I disable seqscans.
Thoughts?
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Robert Haas
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