Question with combining ANY with ilike - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hi PostgreSQL,

I'd like to specify a pattern then apply that pattern to match each
element of an array:

rconover=# select 'foobar%' ~~ ANY (ARRAY['bar', 'cat', 'foobar:asdf']);
  ?column?
----------
  f
(1 row)

I'd like the the pattern would be evaluated against all of the array
elements, but the order of parameters for the ~~ operator when
combined with the ANY command is backwards to what I need.

Do you how I can make it work so that I could write a pattern and
match it against the array elements using the ANY command?

Thanks,

Rusty
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Rusty Conover
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