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Hi Tom,

>>> select * from tablename
>>> where not (col1 ~~* any(array['str1%', 'str2%'... 'strN%']));
>
>> If next version could have "not ilike ('', '')" added into window
>> functions, that's will be great!
>
> Why?  And what's this got to do with window functions?

First, where not (col1 ~~* any(array['str1%', 'str2%'... 'strN%'])) will 
work for me.

But I feel " ilike ('str1', ... 'strN')" is more intuitive, isn't it?

I have a feeling that windows functions deal with all fancy functions. I 
would consider ilike ('str'...) as a non-standard SQL command?

Emi