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From Stephan Szabo
Subject Re: Index not used with IS NULL
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In response to Re: Index not used with IS NULL  (Dima Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com>)
Responses Re: Index not used with IS NULL  (Dima Tkach <dmitry@openratings.com>)
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Dima Tkach wrote:

> It would be a lot nicer if the default operators could handle that...
> Why can it not be done?

Jumping in... I usually use a partial index as a workaround.  Postgresql
will look at a partial index whose condition is IS NULL for queries of col
IS NULL.

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