Re: So do we really *need* those substring() ops in tab-completion queries? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> �If the conditions
>> were phrased in a way that made them indexable, they might be worth the
>> trouble --- but they aren't.

> Wow, that is weird, especially since it's *easier* to write them
> properly using LIKE anyways.

Really?  You'd have to worry about escaping _ and % ...
        regards, tom lane