> > Hello, > > I'm developing a autocomplete Feature using php and PostgreSQL 8.3. > To fill the autocomplete box I use the following SQL Statement: > select * from _table_ where upper( _field_ ) like '%STRING%'; > > This SQL Statement takes 900 ms on a Table with 300.000 entries. > > What can I do to speed up the Statement? What Index can I set? > The open-ended search is what's killing you. Can you change your query to be like this? select * from _table_ where _field_ like 'STRING%'; That allows the database to use an index. You'll still have to either store the data already in upper-case format, or use a functional index on upper(field). http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/indexes-expressional.html
