Re: planner not using index for like operator

Using an index on col1 with the operator class varchar_pattern_ops , I
was able to get a 3 second response time. That will work for me.
I used a like '172.%' and an extra pattern matching condition to
restrict
Between 172.16.x.x and 172.31.x.x

Thanks for the input..I will also test the inet data type to see if
there are differences.

Sriram

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim C. Nasby [mailto:jnasby@pervasive.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 11:25 AM
To: Sriram Dandapani
Cc: Pgsql-Performance (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] planner not using index for like operator

On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 10:08:02AM -0700, Sriram Dandapani wrote:
Here's the key:

> "  Filter: ((col1)::text ~~ '172.%'::text)"

In order to do a like comparison, it has to convert col1 (which I'm
guessing is of type 'inet') to text, so there's no way it can use an
index on col1 (maybe a function index, but that's a different story).

Is there some reason you're not doing

WHERE col1 <<= '172/8'::inet

?
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