Re: best practices with index on varchar column

I have an experience using LIKE in a VARCHAR column and select statement
suffers a lot so I decided to go back in CHAR

Note: my database has about 50 millions records a b tree index



> Can I use an index on a varchar column to optimize the SELECT queries
> that
> use " column LIKE 'header%'  "?

    Yes

> If yes what is the best tree algotithm to use ?

    Btree

    Note that if you want case insensitive matching you need to make an
index
on lower(column) and SELECT WHERE lower(column) LIKE 'header%'

    Locales may bite you.

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