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>I think a stored generated column allows you to create an index on it directly. Isn't it better approach?

Is it also possible to create index (maybe partial index) on expressions?

That's the first solution (a function based index), however it has the drawback of fragility: a seemingly innocent change to the query can lead to not matching the index's expression anymore). Which is why the article moves on to generated columns.

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