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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Rich Shepard <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 08:53:15 -0800
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On 11/25/25 08:33, Rich Shepard wrote:
> Companies can have slightly different titles for the same job; for example
> (using abbreviations). 'Asst Gen Mgr.', 'Env Mgr,', 'Gen Mgr,'. 'Mgr,',
> 'Plant Mgr.'
> 
> I want to select all people table rows that contain these varieties. I know
> the 'like' operator uses '%' as a wildcard, but is not accepted in an 'in'
> list.


Something like?:

select 'Env mgr.' ilike  ANY(ARRAY['Asst Gen Mgr.', 'Env Mgr.', 'Gen 
Mgr.', 'Mgr.','Plant Mgr.']);

t
> 
> Is there a way to use a multicharacter wildcard in an 'in' list?
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> 


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Adrian Klaver
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