On 9/3/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Ben Tilly" <btilly@gmail.com> writes:
> > That raises a very random thought. One of the nicer features of
> > Oracle is the ability to have function-based indexes. So you could
> > index, say, trim(lower(person.name)).
>
> > Is there any prospect of postgres aquiring that functionality?
>
> Uh, no, since it's already there; has been since Berkeley days ...
Nice!
I know of at least one DBA who is moving from Oracle to postgres who
will be *very* happy to hear that.
Ben
