Re: function index concepts - urgh

From: Dennis Taylor <ismgr_at_pctc.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:27:52 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002C9986.20010312073120@fatcity.com>

At 11:25 AM 3/10/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
>This should do it.
>
>select * from holder
>where last_name = upper('Taylor')
>and first_name = upper('Dennis');

Hm. Intuitively then, I should change my index creation script from

(UPPER(LAST_NAME||' '||FIRST_NAME)) to

(UPPER(LAST_NAME)||' '||UPPER(FIRST_NAME)) Or is the optimizer intelligent enough to pull it out of the first example?

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

Go home! Uh, no, wait. It's Monday now.

Dennis Taylor

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