String matching

From: Ivan Voras <ivoras(at)fer(dot)hr>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: String matching
Date: 2005-02-14 19:57:27
Message-ID: 421102A7.4090006@fer.hr
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Is there a way to use indexes for queries like:

select field from table where field like 'abc%'

(i.e. filter for string fields that begin with something) ?

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