Re: Creating an index on PostgreSQL 7.4.3

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 01:59:46PM -0400, Ardian Xharra (Boxxo) wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a client who is still using the version 7.4.3
> and creating an index like this doesn't work:
> CREATE INDEX client__ascname__idx ON client (TO_ASCII(lower(name),'LATIN 1'));
> Does exists another way of creating an index in varchar who take on consideration also the accents

I think expression indexes need another level of parenthesis, so maybe:

CREATE INDEX client__ascname__idx ON client ((TO_ASCII(lower(name),'LATIN 1')));

Have a nice day,
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