Re: How to get around LIKE inefficiencies?

> so, we are gonna have an AI built into the database now too?  my
> experience to date is that each scenario is different for what can be done
> to fix something ... as my last problem shows.  I could remove the index,
> since it isn't used anywhere else that I'm aware of, or, as philip pointed
> out, I could change my query ...
> 
> now, this 'PERFORMANCE_TIPS', would it have to be smart enough to think
> about Philips solution, or only Tom's?  How is such a knowledge base
> maintained?  Who is turned off of PgSQL when they enable that, and it
> doesn't help their performance even though they follow the
> recommendations?

Well, I think it would be helpful to catch the most obvious things
people forget, but if no one thinks its a good idea, I will yank it.

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