Re: Using index for "like 'ABC%'" type query - Mailing list pgsql-general

There is a module called "tsearch" in the contrib directory which works
quite well.
On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 09:56  PM, lec wrote:

> For current version of postgresql, is it possible for a query like
> below to utilize an index?
>
> select item_name from item where item_code like 'ABC%';
>
> Earlier versions of postgresql, eg, 6.5.3 can utilize the index.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas.
>
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