>>> "Greg Caulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
 
> but I get a sequential scan when I do where term_index like
> 
> select * from sct_descriptions where term_index like 'CHILLS AND
FEVER
> (FINDING)'
 
> Is there anything else I can do?  Settings below, this is PostgreSQL
8.3
 
> "lc_collate";"English_United States.1252"
> "lc_ctype";"English_United States.1252"
> "lc_messages";"English_United States"
> "lc_monetary";"English_United States"
> "lc_numeric";"English_United States"
> "lc_time";"English_United States"
 
This issue is discussed here:
 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/locale.html
 
with a solution to your specific problem mentioned here:
 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/indexes-opclass.html
 
You can create an index with the appropriate operator type to get LIKE
to work as you want.  I hope this helps.
 
-Kevin

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