Dave Smith <dave.smith@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am using 7.4.5 and trying to use the like clause (Local C) but > postgres does not seem to want to use the index. You *sure* you're using C locale? Try "show lc_collate". If you're not, and don't want to re-initdb, you can make an index using the text_pattern_ops operator class to support LIKE. See the manual or recent discussions in pgsql-performance. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster