RE: function index concepts - urgh

In no way would I ever disagree with Jared ;-), but wouldn't it be better to create two indices rather than the one?

create index HOLDER_LASTNAME_IDX on HOLDER (UPPER(LAST_NAME)); create index HOLDER_FIRSTNAME_IDX on HOLDER (UPPER(FIRST_NAME));

The select statement Jared wrote would definitely work, and you'd also have the ability to select only on first names, which having the concatenated last||first wouldn't give you.

My $0.02,

Diana

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Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 2:25 PM
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Dennis,

This should do it.

select * from holder
where last_name = upper('Taylor')
and first_name = upper('Dennis');

And no it's not Friday, it is now Saturday. ;)

Jared

On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Dennis Taylor wrote:

> create index HOLDER_NAME_IDX on HOLDER (UPPER(LAST_NAME||'
'||FIRST_NAME));
>
>
> insert into holder (last_name,first_name) values ('taylor','dennis');
>
>
> select * from holder where last_name = 'Taylor' and first_name =
> 'Dennis';
>
>
> is that going to use the index? Or do I have to torque the select
> statement a little more? Or is there a better way to set up the index? Or
> is the problem just that it's friday? or maybe Friday?

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