Oracle优化——LIKE与索引（以%开头的LIKE会不走索引或走索引全扫描）

这样会走索引范围扫描，因为这个表达式有前导性。
SH@ prod> set autotrace on
SH@ prod> select max(cust_credit_limit) , count(*) from customers_ne where cust_last_name like 'Vaugh%' ;

MAX(CUST_CREDIT_LIMIT)   COUNT(*)
---------------------- ----------
                 11000         81


Execution Plan
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Plan hash value: 3473995898

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| Id  | Operation                    | Name         | Rows  | Bytes | Cost (%CPU)| Time     |
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|   0 | SELECT STATEMENT             |              |     1 |    16 |    13   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|   1 |  SORT AGGREGATE              |              |     1 |    16 |            |          |
|   2 |   TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX ROWID| CUSTOMERS_NE |    61 |   976 |    13   (0)| 00:00:01 |
|*  3 |