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Re: Will the LIKE operator cause a tablescan?

From: Niklas Iveslatt <niklas_iveslatt_at_mail.amsinc.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:08:36 +0100
Message-ID: <36b16ac7.0@dns.amsinc.com>


Not if you have any index on the column. This '%<text>' will.

Please note that it may not be efficient using the index searching with for instance 'S%'.

Niklas

Paal Berggreen wrote in message <78rmlm$dg2$1_at_readme.online.no>...
>Will a search using the LIKE operator cause a tablescan if the criteria is
>of type '<text>%'?
>
>-Paal
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 29 1999 - 02:08:36 CST

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