> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> 
> Hiroshi Inoue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Wait, why isn't that the solution in the first place.  Let's build the
> > index with an opclass that uses plain strcmp comparison.
> 
> > Do we have to make 2 indexes for non_ASCII text field ?
> 
> You would if you want to use indexscans for both LIKE and "x < 'FOO'"
> (ie, locale-aware comparisons). 

And ORDER BY ?

> Which is not great, but I think we've
> finally seen the light: a locale-sorted index is just plain not useful
> for LIKE.

I'm not familiar with non_ASCII locale.
Is 'ss'  always guaranteed to be LIKE 's%'  for example ?

regards,
Hiroshi Inoue

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