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by evanelias 2599 days ago
Interesting, thanks! Indeed, there isn't an equivalent feature in MySQL yet.

Out of curiosity, how commonly is this used at scale? I'd imagine there are significant trade-offs with write amplification, meaning it would consume a lot of space and make writes slow. (vs making indexes on specific expressions, I mean. That said, you're right -- there are definitely use-cases where making indexes on specific expressions isn't practical or is too inflexible.)