BINGO !
Thanks :-)
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[mailto:pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of John R Pierce
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 3:47 PM
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] How to use like with a list
On 11/18/11 12:37 PM, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
> bi_dev=# select name from test where name ~ '^(' || replace('jo,mo,do,fo',
> ',', '|') || ')l';
> ERROR: argument of WHERE must be type boolean, not type text
ah, needs () around the right side of the ~ expression, not sure why.
does ~ have higher expression priority than || or something?
select name from test where name ~ ('^(' || replace(?, ',', '|') ||
')l');
worked for me.
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