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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Nicolas Even <neven@ztel.org>
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Subject: Re: Query with "ILIKE ALL" does not use the index
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Nicolas Even <neven@ztel.org> writes:
> However when I run the same (as far as I understand it) query but with
> the ALL operator, the index is not used:
> explain analyze select name from totoz where name ilike all(array['%tot%']);

There's only index support for "op ANY (array)", not "op ALL (array)".

			regards, tom lane