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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 11:08:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
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On Tue, 25 Nov 2025, Adrian Klaver wrote:

> Something like?:
> 
> select 'Env mgr.' ilike  ANY(ARRAY['Asst Gen Mgr.', 'Env Mgr.', 'Gen Mgr.', 
> 'Mgr.','Plant Mgr.']);

Adrian,

Hadn't thought of this.

Your, and Ron's, answers taught me that the answer to my question is 'no,
there is no shortcut.' :-)

Thanks,

Rich