ORing together STARTS_WITH or CONTAINS is a common use case.

On Jul 8, 6:26 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> There currently isn't the ability to OR together two different
> predicates.  However, for using OR logic on different values of the
> same field you can take advantage of the values array and the IN
> operator.
>
>   AdGroupId IN (12345, 67890)
>
> Is there a use case you have in mind where you would need to OR
> predicates?
>
> Best,
> - Eric
>
> On Jul 7, 10:56 pm, chris h <back5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I think it would be useful to support a logical OR between predicates.
> > Not sure how it would be expressed using current API semantics. Am I
> > overlooking a way to achieve the same thing using the API is it
> > stands?
> >  - Chris
>
> > On Jul 7, 4:52 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hi Chris,
>
> > > Yes, the rows must match all predicates to be returned in the report.
> > > This information currently isn't contained in the documentation, but
> > > it should likely appear within the Selector.predicates documentation.
> > > I'll work with the documentation team to ensure this is updated.
>
> > > Best,
> > > - Eric
>
> > > On Jul 7, 2:51 pm, chris h <back5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > Eric,
>
> > > > If a list of predicates is supplied, are the ANDed together?
>
> > > > meta-question: where would I find the answer to that in the
> > > > documentation?
>
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Chris
>
> > > > On Jul 7, 2:09 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> > > > wrote:
>
> > > > > Hi Chris,
>
> > > > > The values are always passed as strings, as defined in the Predicate
> > > > > object:
>
> > > > >  http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/ReportDefini...
>
> > > > > Best,
> > > > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> > > > > On Jul 6, 1:16 pm, chris h <back5...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > > > Also, are values always strings? even when field is of another type?
>
> > > > > > On Jul 6, 1:21 am, adwordsapiadvi...@google.com wrote:
>
> > > > > > > Hi Chris,
>
> > > > > > >http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-java/source/browse/trunk/...
> > > > > > > shows the use of PredicateOperator.EQUALS. The usage of other 
> > > > > > > operators
> > > > > > > are similar.
>
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > Anash P. Oommen,
> > > > > > > AdWords API Team
>
>

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