Re: t1.col like '%t2.col%' - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: t1.col like '%t2.col%'
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Msg-id 20080229155642.20ac07be@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: t1.col like '%t2.col%'  ("Dan Kaplan" <dkaplan@citizenhawk.com>)
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On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:52:31 -0800
"Dan Kaplan" <dkaplan@citizenhawk.com> wrote:

> I learned a little about pg_trgm here:
> http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/pg_trgm/README.pg_trgm
> 
> But this seems like it's for finding similarities, not substrings.
> How can I use it to speed up t1.col like '%t2.col%'?

Faster disks.

No matter what, that will seqscan. So if you want it to go faster, you
need faster hardware.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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