Re: How to use like with a list - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 11/18/11 12:37 PM, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> bi_dev=# select name from test where name ~ '^(' || replace('jo,mo,do,fo', ',', '|') || ')l';
> ERROR:  argument of WHERE must be type boolean, not type text

ah, needs () around the right side of the ~ expression, not sure why.
does ~ have higher expression priority than || or something?

    select name from test where name ~ ('^(' || replace(?, ',', '|') || ')l');

worked for me.



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