Re: [GENERAL] making 'like' queries quicker - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Elmar.Haneke@gmx.de
Subject Re: [GENERAL] making 'like' queries quicker
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> Is there a way to make queries using the 'like' operator quicker, more
> specifically for queries that look like:
> select name from table where name like '%abc%';

The index-types available in PostgreSQL (BTree, RTree, Hash) do not support this kind of query. I'm not sure wether
PostgreSQL does still support defining custom index-mehtods. I did read similar in an old manual.

Elmar

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