No, it doesn't work always the same message: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "(" at character 47 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Ardian Xharra (Boxxo)" <axharra@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Creating an index on PostgreSQL 7.4.3 On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 01:59:46PM -0400, Ardian Xharra (Boxxo) wrote: > Hello, > I have a client who is still using the version 7.4.3 > and creating an index like this doesn't work: > CREATE INDEX client__ascname__idx ON client (TO_ASCII(lower(name),'LATIN 1')); > Does exists another way of creating an index in varchar who take on consideration also the accents I think expression indexes need another level of parenthesis, so maybe: CREATE INDEX client__ascname__idx ON client ((TO_ASCII(lower(name),'LATIN 1'))); Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a > tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone > else to do the other 95% so you can sue them. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/301 - Release Date: 04/04/2006