So the answer is that ILIKE will not use indexes.
But using lower()/LIKE will give you exactly the same results. lower()
forces all column data to lower case for the purposes of comparison.
-tfo
On Sep 21, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Kevin Murphy wrote:
> On Sep 21, 2004, at 4:52 PM, Thomas F.O'Connell wrote:
>> You can use an index on an expression like "lower( col ) LIKE ... "
>> as long as the LIKE expression is left-anchored. See
>
> Yes, I know that already. I wasn't talking about LIKE; I was talking
> about ILIKE. The data in the column is mixed-case.
>
> -Kevin
>