Re: LIke and Indicies - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: LIke and Indicies
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Msg-id 200502251744.12299.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to LIke and Indicies  (Dave Smith <dave.smith@candata.com>)
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Am Freitag, 25. Februar 2005 17:31 schrieb Dave Smith:
> I am using 7.4.5 and trying to use the like clause (Local C) but
> postgres does not seem to want to use the index.
>
> explain
> declare t scroll cursor for
> select * from product where company_id=1000 and product_desc like 'J%'
>  order by company_id,product_desc;
>
>                                    QUERY
> PLAN
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------ Index Scan using product_4 on product  (cost=0.00..12306.67 rows=881
> width=181)
>    Index Cond: (company_id = 1000)
>    Filter: ((product_desc)::text ~~ 'J%'::text)

What part of "Index Scan" are you misunderstanding?

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