Re: SQL Question about like - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 8/10/20 10:01 AM, Michael Nolan wrote:
> The problem is your field is fixed length text, change it to
> varchar(100) or text and it works without the wildcard at the end.

That assumes values don't get entered  with spaces:

create table lll (text varchar(100));
insert into lll (text) values ('10% - Ersthelfer');
insert into lll (text) values ('10% - Ersthelfer   ');

select * from lll where text like '10% - Ersthelfer';
        text
------------------
  10% - Ersthelfer
(1 row)

select * from lll where text like '10% - Ersthelfer%';
         text
---------------------
  10% - Ersthelfer
  10% - Ersthelfer

I have seen that enough times to default to using wildcard if I am
really looking for LIKE not =.

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> Mike Nolan
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Adrian Klaver
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