Hello, In the init-script contained in the RPMs downloadable from the PostgreSQL site (I checked the one for Fedora), an explicit locale is set before running initdb. - And the explicit locale is not "C". This means that a PostgreSQL installation will not use indexes for LIKE queries (I just ran into this). See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html#4.8 I suggest that the init-script be rewritten so that LANG and LC_ALL are unset before initdb is run (which happens the first time PostgreSQL is started after the RPM-based installation). -- Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org