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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: best index for ~ ordering?
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:32:24 -0500
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:28:57AM -0300, gherzig@fmed.uba.ar wrote:
> Well, im wondering if is possible using LIKE '%blah%', even better would be
> upper/lower(string) like '%blah%',

Your better bet then is either to index lower(string) or better, on
insert convert everything to lower().

A

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Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca
The plural of anecdote is not data.
		--Roger Brinner



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