David Fetter writes:
> Alter the xxx_pattern_ops opclasses to use the regular equality
> operator of the associated datatype as their equality member. This
> means that these opclasses can now support plain equality
> comparisons along with LIKE tests, thus avoiding the need for an
> extra index in some applications.
This is interesting, as it will save me a couple of very big indexes.
I didn't see that coming, but thanks.