* I think it "should" use that index based on trying to follow that
exercise.
* The part about changing the collation was an idea in the course of trying
out different things.
** enable_seqscan* is off, and the *sharedmem* and *temp_buffers* are set
so high that most things happen in RAM.
I wonder
ERR ORR writes:
>> Queries which use "WHERE "TST_PAYLOAD" LIKE 'SEAT%'" go to the btree
>> index as it should.
>> Queries which use "WHERE "TST_PAYLOAD" LIKE '%EAT%'" *should* use the
>> GIST index but do a full table scan instead.
Are you sure it "should" use the index for that? That query does