Re: Case Insensitive searches - Mailing list pgsql-sql

On Wednesday 06 August 2008 07:59, Rafael Domiciano wrote:
> I have read the article... tnks, very helpful.
>
> But, can I create a index using function like "substring"? I would like to
> create something like this:

Actually, Richard Broersma is the one who commented on that approach. I have 
never done this but I have read about it. I'm sure it can be done.

>
> CREATE INDEX indtest_01 ON table_01
> ((SUBSTRING(month_year, 3, 4) || SUBSTRING(month_year, 1, 2))
>
> 2008/8/4 Terry Lee Tucker <terry@chosen-ones.org>
>
> > On Monday 04 August 2008 11:09, Frank Bax wrote:
> > > Terry Lee Tucker wrote:
> > > > On Monday 04 August 2008 10:05, Richard Broersma wrote:
> > > >> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Mike Gould <mgould@allcoast.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > >>> In some db's if you
> > > >>> use a lower() or upr() it will always do a table scan instead of
> >
> > using
> >
> > > >>> a index
> > > >>
> > > >> True, this would also happen in PostgreSQL.  However, you can
> > > >> overcome this by creating a "functional" index:
> >
> > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/indexes-expressional.html
> >
> > > >> This way all expression using where lower( column ) = 'a'. will
> > > >> always use an index scan.
> > > >
> > > > What about using the operator, ~*  ?
> > > >
> > > > Does that cause a table scan as well?
> > >
> > > Whether or not any query uses an index scan or seq scan depends on many
> > > factors and is not always easily predictable.
> > >
> > > Richard's statement about "will always use an index scan" is not
> > > universally true.  If the table is very small; a index scan is NOT
> > > used. Table statistics could also indicate a seq scan is more efficient
> > > (suppose 99% of rows had column='a').
> > >
> > > The ~* operator is very likely to scan the entire table because it will
> > > look for 'A' anywhere in the column (and will therefore match 'Joanne';
> > > and I doubt that there is special code to handle case where length of
> > > argument is exactly the same as column.  However; ~* '^a' which anchors
> > > search to first character is perhaps more likely to use an index scan.
> > >
> > > Frank
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > Thanks for the response. Actually, from within the applicaion, we use ~*
> > and
> > it is anchored with whatever they've typed in the widget as search
> > criteria.
> >
> > Anyway, thanks for the helpful response...
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