From: Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mnc.ch>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: non index use on LIKE on a non pattern string
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:11:11 +0200
Message-ID: <m3mx4eys6o.fsf@mnc.ch> (raw)
Hello,
I have noticed that with a SELECT query containing the following
constraint:
column LIKE ?
and an index on that column, PostgreSQL will not use the index
even if the parameter doesn't contain special pattern characters
such as %.
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