I'm not sure. I've always used lower() with indexes on lower() for myself.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Ozer, Pam <pozer@automotive.com> wrote:
> How does the performance compare to using lower(varchar) vs citext?
>
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> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:11 PM
> To: Ozer, Pam
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Case Insensitive Database
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> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Ozer, Pam <pozer@automotive.com> wrote:
>> I currently have a mysql database that is case insensitive. Is it possible
>> to set up a case insensitive database in PostgressQl? So far it doesn't
>> look like it. And if it is possible what are the variables I need to set?
>
> You can use the contrib module for citext types.
>
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