Even though the ideas are good, the function is working really fast now, 1.5-2seconds which is quite enough I guess :)
This is how the function is at the moment : http://yancho.pastebin.com/d236fd97f
Sorry I forgot to update this thread :(
On 12/7/07, Martijn van Oosterhout <
kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:07:52PM -0500, mgainty@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> other DB's do FTS when there is a function involved in the predicate (WHERE
> clause)
> so a possible workaround would be to look at all function calls in your
> predicate (WHERE clause) and
> populate a new column with the results of the function(column)
> and then create and populate an index which will reference the
> function(column)
You don't need to create a column, yu can create functional indexes in
postgres:
CREATE INDEX foo ON bar ((myfunction(column)));
And it can be used anytime your query says: WHERE myfunction(column) = X
Have a nice day,
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