>>>>> On Fri, 03 May 2002 00:39:03 +1000, Helen Borrie <helebor@...> said:

HB> But, if you have an index on the column F, you can
HB> speed up that outer join (if it is what you need) by using the
HB> STARTING WITH predicate instead of LIKE. LIKE does not use an
HB> index, whereas STARTING WITH does.

Helen, I cannot test this right now, but are sure of this? Last time I
checked I seem to remember that FB was smart enough to recognize the
"something%" idiom, and optimize the plan to use an index if there is
one...

Anyway, surely STARTING WITH does use it.

bye, lele.
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