Seamus Abshere wrote: > I created an index with text_pattern_ops because I want fast prefix search [1] [2]. > > ...but I don't think it's working when I use a column reference || '%'... An index can only be used for expressions like <indexed expression> <operator from the opclass> <constant> and you have a column refrence on the right side. Perhaps you can rephrase your query in such a fashion. Yours, Laurenz Albe