Rhys Stewart wrote:
> Hi all,
> can i search in a list or regular expression....eg
>
> "select yadi from ya where yadiya in ('old', 'ulk', 'orb')"
>
> but instead of in ther'd be another operator or a LIKE IN.
> so it'd be a shorcut for typing yadiya ~* 'old' or yadiya ~* 'ulk' etc.
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you mean, like
yadiya ~ 'old|ulk'
(or parametrically)
yadiya ~ ?::text ||'|'|| ?::text ||'|'|| ... :-)
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