Postgresql gist index is not hit -


i using postgresql version 9.3.

i learned normal b-tree indexes can not used queries 'x%x%x' wildcards , find gist , gin indexes make wildcard queries hit index.

so decided use indexes , added btree-gist extension using command in postgresql;

create extension btree_gist; 

after added gist index table , ;

create index ix_bras_interface_name on bras_interface using gist (name); 

after added this, see added;

   table_name   |                index_name                 |    column_name ----------------+-------------------------------------------+-------------------  bras_interface | bras_interface_context_id                 | context_id  bras_interface | bras_interface_domain_id                  | domain_id  bras_interface | bras_interface_managed_object_id          | managed_object_id  bras_interface | bras_interface_name_59ec675d0b9537ac_uniq | context_id  bras_interface | bras_interface_name_59ec675d0b9537ac_uniq | name  bras_interface | bras_interface_name_idx                   | name  bras_interface | bras_interface_pkey                       | id  bras_interface | bras_interface_task_id                    | task_id  **bras_interface | ix_bras_interface_name                    | name** (9 rows) 

but, simple query still not hit index. here simple query , analyser result;

my_user=# explain analyze select * bras_interface name '%my_text%';                                                  query plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  seq scan on bras_interface  (cost=0.00..764.95 rows=1 width=1420) (actual time=5.589..5.589 rows=0 loops=1)    filter: ((name)::text ~~ '%my_text%'::text)    rows removed filter: 27596  total runtime: 5.613 ms (4 rows) 

and see not hitting index. followed tutorials , couldn't see solution, problem. missing gist indexing?

like a_horse_with_no_name has said, you've picked wrong extension.

the btree_gist extension lets use index "distance" operator. lets have gist index spanning multiple columns 1 might e.g. tsearch vector , simple int.

the pg_trgm extension 1 match-anywhere-in-string indexing. aware it's quite expensive index though.


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