Re: LIKE optimization in UTF-8 and locale-C - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

ITAGAKI Takahiro <itagaki.takahiro@oss.ntt.co.jp> writes:
> I found LIKE operators are slower on multi-byte encoding databases
> than single-byte encoding ones. It comes from difference between
> MatchText() and MBMatchText().

> We've had an optimization for single-byte encodings using
> pg_database_encoding_max_length() == 1 test. I'll propose to extend it
> in UTF-8 with locale-C case.

If this works for UTF8, won't it work for all the backend-legal
encodings?

            regards, tom lane