Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>,
pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-11-25T16:53:15Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On 11/25/25 08:33, Rich Shepard wrote: > Companies can have slightly different titles for the same job; for example > (using abbreviations). 'Asst Gen Mgr.', 'Env Mgr,', 'Gen Mgr,'. 'Mgr,', > 'Plant Mgr.' > > I want to select all people table rows that contain these varieties. I know > the 'like' operator uses '%' as a wildcard, but is not accepted in an 'in' > list. Something like?: select 'Env mgr.' ilike ANY(ARRAY['Asst Gen Mgr.', 'Env Mgr.', 'Gen Mgr.', 'Mgr.','Plant Mgr.']); t > > Is there a way to use a multicharacter wildcard in an 'in' list? > > TIA, > > Rich > > > -- Adrian Klaver adrian.klaver@aklaver.com