Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:53:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2025, Adrian Klaver wrote:

> You will need to be clearer about what you want.
>
> If it is to fetch titles with Mgr in the name then it would be simple:
>
> select * from people_table where title ilike '%mgr%';
>
> If it is something more selective you will need to provide a more detailed 
> example.

Adrian,

I thought my example was clear: there are modifiers to job titles such as
'Manager,' 'Vice President,' 'Engineer.' That's why I asked if the
`like/ilike' modifier would work in a list passed to the `in' command.

Rich