Re: Best way to use indexes for partial match at

"Andrus" <eetasoft@online.ee> writes:
> Planner must use index
> CREATE TABLE foo ( bar CHAR(10) PRIMARY KEY );
> for queries like
> SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar::CHAR(3)='ABC';
> Can you make this patch or add this to todo list  ?

This isn't going to happen for exactly the same reason that LIKE
optimization doesn't happen (in non-C locales): the sort order of
non-C indexes isn't compatible with testing a prefix of the string.

            regards, tom lane