Hello use a functional index http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/indexes-expressional.html Regards Pavel Stehule 2011/8/8 - - <loh.law@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > For a table where column col has an index, the query: > SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE col = MD5('') > doesn't seem to use an index but > SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE col = 'd41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e' > does. > > Is this a gotcha? > I'm using PostgreSQL 8.4.8 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC > gcc-4.5.real (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu4) 4.5.2, 32-bit > > > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general