Re: Like Command returning wrong result set
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-08-05T14:05:07Z
Lists: pgsql-sql
čt 5. 8. 2021 v 16:04 odesílatel Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreas@visena.com> napsal: > På torsdag 05. august 2021 kl. 16:00:38, skrev Tchouante, Merlin < > mtchouan@umaryland.edu>: > > Hello group, > > > > I’m writing a script and a bit confused on the results with the like > command. > > > > gm.title *like* 'CP_%' > > > > The above command gives me records with titles like CP_40, CP_2, CP_23, > etc. > > > > gm.title *like* '%_CT' > > > > The above command give me records with tiles like Quiz: > RadiInterpretation w/ CBCT. > > > > I was expecting it to return titles that contained *_CT, i.e. FX_CT or > DR_CT. It’s as if it’s ignoring the underscore the way it would do if you > were using ‘%CT’. Does it ignore the underscore when it’s right after the > ‘%’? > > > > - Percent sign ( %) matches any sequence of zero or more characters. > - Underscore sign ( _) matches any single character. > > yes https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html Regards Pavel > > > -- > *Andreas Joseph Krogh* >