Re: LIKE query problem

From: Marc McIntyre <mmcintyre(at)squiz(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LIKE query problem
Date: 2006-09-19 03:16:48
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Thanks Tom,

Is that documented somewhere? I can't seem to see any mention of it in
the docs.

Tom Lane wrote:
> Marc McIntyre <mmcintyre(at)squiz(dot)net> writes:
>
>> ... Is there a way to perform this efficiently in one query ?
>>
>
> No, because you're hoping for an indexscan optimization of a LIKE
> query, and that can only happen if the pattern is a plan-time constant.
>
> regards, tom lane
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