Query is: select * from dict where word in (select substr('moon', 0, generate_series(3,length('moon')))) -- this is my X above OR word like 'moon%' -- this is my Y above
dict is indexed on word 2009/7/20 Chris <dmag...@gmail.com> > 2009/7/20 Robert James <srobertja...@gmail.com <mailto: > srobertja...@gmail.com>> > > > Hi. I notice that when I do a WHERE x, Postgres uses an index, and > when I do WHERE y, it does so as well, but when I do WHERE x OR y, > it doesn't. Why is this so? > > What Robert didn't post was his query, see > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2009-07/msg00767.php > > which makes it a lot harder to 'optimize' since they aren't straight > forward conditions. >