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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: GPT <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Addition to / Clarification in 9.7.1. LIKE
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:22:13 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADep2PMy2cVifjYgnDoxRsT7CESQ1v4a1sTAUkPPBtcOap4JEg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 09:52:07AM +0100, GPT wrote:
> Between 1st (The LIKE expression...) and 2nd (If pattern does not...)
> paragraphs, it could be added something like:
> 
> <begin>
>                                                Caution
> Contrary to some other databases, in Postgresql only two characters
> are used in LIKE patterns: underscore (_) and percent sign (%).
> The use of any other character will lead to an error.
> <end>
> 
> The error message also would be more clarified to inform user about
> the use of not supported characters.

Uh, I still don't understand what error you are talking about.  Here are
some examples:

	SELECT 'abc' LIKE 'a_c';
	 ?column?
	----------
	 t
	
	SELECT 'abc' LIKE 'a%c';
	 ?column?
	----------
	 t
	
	SELECT 'abc' LIKE 'a%*c';
	 ?column?
	----------
	 f

Can you show me an example?

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