Re: [SQL] Expr Abbreviations/Functions? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Herouth,

You're right.

If I recall the original question correctly, the
"only" real solution would seem to be to define
a function to search the appropriate fields.


Troy

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> At 02:11 +0300 on 25/07/1999, tjk@tksoft.com wrote:
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> > You could merge the fields and search with :
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> > select * from tablex where lower(f1||f2||f3) ~ 'foo';
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> Nah. If f1 is 'Narf' and f2 is 'oodp', it will match...
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> Herouth
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> Herouth Maoz, Internet developer.
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