On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, JB wrote:
> [SNIP]
> CREATE TABLE info (
> lastname char(50),
> street_name char(50),
> street_number char(5),
> ... (a bunch of other stuff that works fine with '=')
> );
>
> CREATE INDEX nx_info1 ON info (lastname);
> CREATE INDEX nx_info2 ON info (street_name);
>
> The select is as simple as this in most cases...
>
> SELECT * FROM info WHERE street_name LIKE 'MAIN%';
> [SNIP]
might want to try CLUSTERing the table based on one of the indexes.
that'll put everything in order ( physically ) and should speed it up a
bit.
id also suggest grabbing more ram while its (relatively) inexpensive.
> [SNIP]
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