Re: LC_COLLATE and index usage

> According to the postgres 7.3.2 docs, initializing a database cluster
> with LC_COLLATE set to anything other than "C" will disable the use of
> indexes during LIKE searches.  This presents a bit of a problem for
> me, since the client application I'm writing uses LIKE searches and
> ships internationally.  As I understand it, I can have good
> performance, or locale-specific ORDER BY output, but not both.  Is
> there a plan to remove this limitation?
Question seconded (and tacit suggestion for a TODO item) on
behalf of GnuMed (www.gnumed.org).

Karsten Hilbert, MD
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