Stephan Szabo <sszabo@megazone.bigpanda.com> writes:
> On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Alexander Presber wrote:
>> CREATE INDEX idx_main_subject ON pdb.main (lower(main_subject::text)
>> using varchar_ops);
> IIRC, unless you're in C locale, you'll want varchar_pattern_ops rather
> than varchar_ops on the index to make it considered for a LIKE search.
text_pattern_ops would be better, seeing that the output of lower() is
text not varchar. I'm a bit surprised the planner is able to make use
of this index at all.
regards, tom lane