Re: Question about pattern matching - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 06:05:08PM +0200, dimitris.sakellarios@telesuite.gr wrote:
> QUESTION
> --------
> Pls let me know which is the best way to match the
> following pattern against this table and Receive id = 8
> that is the longest matching pattern from left to right.

check this:
http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2008/03/04/searching-for-longest-prefix/
read also the comments

additionally, check this url: http://pgfoundry.org/projects/prefix

Best regards,

depesz

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