Re: How does Index Scan get used

LIKE works fine on my system (see regex notes below):

fbax=# create table test (test_col text);
CREATE
fbax=# create index test_index on test (test_col);
CREATE
fbax=# insert into test values ('abc.xyz');
INSERT 6189442 1
fbax=# insert into test values ('abcxyz');
INSERT 6189443 1
fbax=# insert into test values ('abc/xyz');
INSERT 6189444 1
fbax=# explain select * from test where test_col like 'abc/%';
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Index Scan using test_index on test  (cost=0.00..8.14 rows=10 width=12)

EXPLAIN
fbax=# select version();                             version
-------------------------------------------------------------------PostgreSQL 7.1 on i386-unknown-openbsd2.9, compiled
byGCC 2.95.3
 
(1 row)
fbax=# create index test_lower_index on test (lower(test_col));
CREATE
fbax=# explain select * from test where lower(test_col) ~ '^abc';
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Seq Scan on test  (cost=0.00..1.04 rows=1 width=12)

EXPLAIN
fbax=# insert into test ( select surname from chl_name );
INSERT 0 419
fbax=# vacuum analyse test;
VACUUM
fbax=# explain select * from test where lower(test_col) ~ '^abc';
NOTICE:  QUERY PLAN:

Index Scan using test_lower_index on test  (cost=0.00..4.07 rows=4 width=12)

EXPLAIN
=====     =====     =====     =====     =====
regex ~* won't use index, because of the case-insensitive stuff.
The above example only works when you anchor search to beginning of field
using '^'.

Frank


At 09:46 AM 2/22/02 -0500, Samuel J. Sutjiono wrote:
>I tried an Index Scan but I kept on getting Seq Scan.
>Do you know why ? What do I need to do to get my query
>to use index scan (I tried to turn it on  by doing
>SET ENABLE_indexscan = on; but it didn't work)
> by doing SET ENABLE_indexscan = on;  but it didn't work)
>create table test (test_col text);
>create index test_index on test  (test_col);
>insert into test values ('abc.xyz');
>insert into test values  ('abcxyz');
>insert into test values ('abc/xyz');
> explain select * from test where test_col like  'abc/%';
>QUERY PLAN:  
>Seq Scan   (cost=0.00..22.50 rows=10 width=12)
>Another question: Does
>Regex (~*) or like use table scan  ?   Thanks, Sam 
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