Underscore "_" in LIKE pattern - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Stefan Schwarzer
Subject Underscore "_" in LIKE pattern
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Msg-id 71EB91DE-CBA6-46A4-995B-C266A2ADB421@grid.unep.ch
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Hi there,

I would like to get a list of all tables in my schema which begin with "in_". But as the "underscore (_) in pattern stands for (matches) any single character", my query:

SELECT * FROM pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public' AND tablename LIKE 'in_%' ORDER BY tablename ASC

doesn't exactly do what I want.

It retrieves me tables like this one (which is what I want):

in_water_use_ind

but also tables like this one (which is not what I want):

ind_gdp

I am sure this is just a minor thing. But I have no idea how to solve it.

Thanks for any hints!

Stef





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