I have created a index create index leadaddress_phone_idx on leadaddress(regexp_replace((phone)::text, '[^0-9]*'::text, ''::text, 'g'::text));
But the index is not using. explain select * from leadaddress where regexp_replace(phone,'[^0-9]*','','g') like '%2159438606'; QUERY PLAN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seq Scan on leadaddress (cost=100000000.00..100009699.81 rows=1 width=97) Filter: (regexp_replace((phone)::text, '[^0-9]*'::text, ''::text, 'g'::text) ~~ '%2159438606'::text) Could anyone please tell me why? I analyzed the table after index creation.