Re: Is index usage in LIKE-queries with UTF-8 implemented in PG-8.3 ?

["Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>]

Hello,

it's possible. You have to use varchar_pattern_ops:

CREATE INDEX like_index ON person(name varchar_pattern_ops);

Regards
Pavel Stehule

2007/6/28, Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak(at)officenet(dot)no>:
> Hi all.
> Anybody knows if the following query will use an index-scan in PG-8.3?
>
> SELECT name FROM person WHERE name LIKE 'and%';
>
> I know this works in "C"-locale, but I need it with UTF-8, probably the rest
> of the world soon too...
>
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