Re: Scalar in a range (but textual not numeric)

I wrote:
> try writing
>     WHERE 'ABCDE' >= pr_min AND 'ABCDE' <= pr_max
>           AND pr_min < (SELECT pr_min FROM table
>                 WHERE pr_min > 'ABCDE'
>                 ORDER BY pr_min LIMIT 1)
> The idea here is to add an upper bound on pr_min to the index scan
> conditions, so that the scan can stop short of the end of the index.

Argh, got that backwards.  What you are missing is a *lower* bound on
pr_min, and the index scan will therefore run from the start of the
index up to pr_min = 'ABCDE'.  So reverse the sense of the added test:
      AND pr_min >= (SELECT pr_min FROM table             WHERE pr_min <= 'ABCDE'             ORDER BY pr_min DESC
LIMIT1)
 
        regards, tom lane