Re: [SQL] Functional Indexes

On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 12:27:47PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Bryan White" <bryan(at)arcamax(dot)com> writes:
> > The documentation for CREATE INDEX implies that functions are allowed in
> > index definitions but when I execute:
> > create unique index idxtest on customer (lower(email));
> > the result is:
> > ERROR: DefineIndex: (null) class not found
> > Should this work? Do I have the syntax wrong?
>
> I tried this wih 6.4.2 and found that it was only accepted if I
> explicitly identified which index operator class to use:
>
> play=> create table customer (email text);
> CREATE
> play=> create unique index idxtest on customer (lower(email));
> ERROR: DefineIndex: class not found
> play=> create unique index idxtest on customer (lower(email) text_ops);
> CREATE
> play=>
>
> That'll do as a workaround for Bryan, but isn't this a bug? Surely
> the system ought to know what type the result of lower() is...
>
> regards, tom lane

I still have a problem with that ... edited typescript follows

funweb=> \d userdat
Table = userdat
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
| Field | Type | Length|
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
| username | varchar() not null | 30 |
...
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
Index: userdat_pkey
funweb=> create unique index userdat_idx2 on userdat (lower(username)
varchar_ops);
ERROR: BuildFuncTupleDesc: function 'lower(varchar)' does not exist

This error message looks very bogus to me.

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