Re: 'select where' using multiple columns. - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Hi.

Rob Kirkbride wrote:
> I've googled around for this but can't see a decent way of doing this :
> 
> I've got a persons name which is being stored say in 3 columns :- 
> Title, Forename_1, Forename_2, Surname. I want to allow a search say for
> 'John Smith'. Problem is I can't just break it up into forename and
> surname because I won't also know.
> Is there a way to do something like a
> 'select * where forename_1,forename_2,surname like '%String%'   ??
> 
> Thanks for any help. Apologies if its a FAQ.

SELECT * FROM table WHERE forename_1 || ' ' || forename_2 || ' ' ||
surname LIKE '%String%';

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