"like any" in reverse? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gauthier, Dave
Subject "like any" in reverse?
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Msg-id 482E80323A35A54498B8B70FF2B87980044450D424@azsmsx504.amr.corp.intel.com
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Responses Re: "like any" in reverse?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi:

 

create table foo (lst text[]);

insert into foo (lst) values (array[‘jack’,’fred’,’jen’,’sue’]);

 

I want to find all records where any element of lst like ‘j%’. 

 

This does not work...

 

select * from foo where ‘j%’ like any(lst);

 

Intuitively, you’d think....

 

select * from foo where any(lst) like ‘j%’;

 

... but that’s a syntax error.

 

 

Can this be done?

 

Thanks in Advance !

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