On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 08:43:43AM -0700, DaNieL wrote: > Hi guys, i am in trouble with some simple data that seem like doesnt > use any index.. and i dont know why. It can be for a couple of reasons; firstly using an index isn't always a good thing. In your case I'd guess you probably want to probably want to do the following when creating the index: > CREATE INDEX users_nick_index ON users (nickname varchar_pattern_ops); That will allow PG to use the index in LIKE expressions. For more details see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/indexes-opclass.html -- Sam http://samason.me.uk/ -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general