On Nov 15, 2007 11:25 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here is the table definition: > > CREATE TABLE rev_code_desc > > ( > > rev_code character(4) NOT NULL, > If changing the queries seems impractical, you could add an index on > rev_code::text, or reconsider the choice of column type. > > regards, tom lane > how would you create this index? create index rev_code_text_idx on rev_code_desc(rev_code::text) fails complaining "ERROR: syntax error at or near "::"" Thanks Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly