*** ./src/backend/utils/adt/like.c.orig	Tue Apr 12 17:58:22 2005
--- ./src/backend/utils/adt/like.c	Tue Apr 12 18:45:07 2005
***************
*** 52,60 ****
--- 52,75 ----
  {
  	int			l;
  
+ 	/*
+ 	 * short cut. When first byte of p1 and p2 is different, these
+ 	 * characters will not match.
+ 	 */
+ 	if(*p1 != *p2)
+ 		return (0);
+ 
  	l = pg_mblen(p1);
  	if (pg_mblen(p2) != l)
  		return (0);
+ 
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Skip first byte of p1 and p2. These are already checked at
+ 	 * top of this function.
+ 	 */
+ 	l--;
+ 	p1++;
+ 	p2++;
  
  	while (l--)
  	{