3/15/2001 3:39:27 AM, Alexander Jerusalem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:

>Thanks for your answer, Alex!
>
>I've done an EXPLAIN and I saw that no index was used although my SQL 
>statement had a wild card only at the end as you pointed out ('blah%'). My 
>guess is that this is because of the locale support.

How large is the index in question?  I recall reading that PostgreSQL doesn't 
utilize an index if the overhead of using it was calculated as higher than a 
sequential scan.

Brent


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