"Magnus Hagander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/indexes-types.html > says: > The optimizer can also use a B-tree index for queries involving the > pattern matching operators LIKE, ILIKE, ~, and ~*, if the pattern is a > constant and is anchored to the beginning of the string - for example, > col LIKE 'foo%' or col ~ '^foo', but not col LIKE '%bar'.
> But really, does it use indexes for ILIKE? That's pretty poorly phrased. For ILIKE it'll only work if there's a prefix of the pattern that's not letters (and hence is unaffected by the case-folding issue). regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq