indexes for ILIKE

From: "Ilja Golshtein" <ilejn(at)yandex(dot)ru>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: indexes for ILIKE
Date: 2006-02-13 12:33:34
Message-ID: 43F07C9E.000003.12156@ariel.yandex.ru
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Hello!

Is there any way to use an index to pick up text field
start from a substring?
I need to ignore case of characters and encoding I use is UTF-8.

I am aware of text_pattern_ops and stuff, though
FAQ says ILIKE does not use indexes.

Thanks.

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Best regards
Ilja Golshtein

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