mhmd-azeez / PgTrgm

Using pg_trgm for string similarity search and speeding up LIKE operator

pg_trgm test

The database dump and benchmark and fake data generation code for this blog post.

How to restore the database dump:

Note: This dump doesn't have the gin index on the name columns.

1. Extract the dump file from name_search_no_index.7z.

2. Then create an empty database:

createdb -U postgres name_search_index --template=template0

3. Then restore the dump file into the empty database:

pg_restore -U postgres -d name_search_index < name_search_no_index.dump

For more info please take a look at this article.