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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:58:58 -0800
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Subject: Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
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On 11/25/25 12:53, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 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.

So what are you searching on, the title, the modifier or both?

> 
> Rich
> 
> 


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Adrian Klaver
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