See the FAQ item about index usage. You have to anchor the start only.
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nolan@celery.tssi.com wrote:
> > We require ~* syntax for that, or upper()/lower().
>
> Slowly the light dawns!
>
> If I anchor a ~ search on both ends, it is the same search as =.
>
> Duh!
>
> I converted the prototype over to use ~ and it is running much faster.
> I'll try to do some detailed timings against MySQL tonight.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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