Re: BUG #5877: problem with wild char used in where clause - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Kevin Grittner
Subject Re: BUG #5877: problem with wild char used in where clause
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Msg-id 4D53EA19020000250003A7B8@gw.wicourts.gov
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In response to BUG #5877: problem with wild char used in where clause  ("Savita" <savita.halli@gmail.com>)
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"Savita" <savita.halli@gmail.com> wrote:

> PostgreSQL version: 8.3.5

> I have a table with id as primary key.

> When I ran query to get the ids which ends with B1
> select id from table where id like '%B1'
> does not return me any rows.

You might want to check all the bug fixes listed in the 8.3 bug fix
releases since the 2008 version you're running:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/release.html

Then consider an in-place upgrade:

http://www.postgresql.org/support/versioning

and see if the problem is still there.  It doesn't exist on the more
current releases I'm running.  For example:

test=# create table t (id text not null primary key);
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index
"t_pkey" for table "t"
CREATE TABLE
test=# insert into t values ('AB1'),('AB2'),('AB3'),('AB4');
INSERT 0 4
test=# select id from t;
 id
-----
 AB1
 AB2
 AB3
 AB4
(4 rows)

test=# select id from t where id like 'A%';
 id
-----
 AB1
 AB2
 AB3
 AB4
(4 rows)

test=# select id from t where id like '%B1';
 id
-----
 AB1
(1 row)

If you apply the available 8.3 bug fixes and still see the problem,
creating a self-contained test case like the above will allow others
to better help you.

-Kevin

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