Re: planner not using index for like operator

The col is a varchar. I am currently testing with the inet data type(and
also the ipv4 pgfoundry data type).

Due to time constraints, I am trying to minimize code changes.

What kind of index do I need to create to enable efficient range scans
(e.g anything between 172.16.x.x thru 172.31.x.x) on the inet data type?

Thanks

Sriram

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim C. Nasby [mailto:jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:25 AM
To: Sriram Dandapani
Cc: Pgsql-Performance (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] planner not using index for like operator

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:08:02AM -0700, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
Here's the key:

> " Filter: ((col1)::text ~~ '172.%'::text)"

In order to do a like comparison, it has to convert col1 (which I'm
guessing is of type 'inet') to text, so there's no way it can use an
index on col1 (maybe a function index, but that's a different story).

Is there some reason you're not doing

WHERE col1 <<= '172/8'::inet

?
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