[web2py] Re: Pydal ilike search inside a list of strings?

2015-05-04 Thread Tom Stratton
I'm using postgres:pg8000 But I clearly did not read the documentation well enough - the `contains('%Smith')` does the trick perfectly. Thanks On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 3:20:37 AM UTC-7, Paolo Valleri wrote: > > Which postgres adapter are you using? > Try > - contains('%Smith') > and (fo

[web2py] Re: Pydal ilike search inside a list of strings?

2015-04-29 Thread Niphlod
isn't the problem here that for list:string contains doesn't behave as a "like" but as the "contains" in python ?!?!?! On Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 12:20:37 PM UTC+2, Paolo Valleri wrote: > > Which postgres adapter are you using? > Try > - contains('%Smith') > and (for case-insensitive query)

[web2py] Re: Pydal ilike search inside a list of strings?

2015-04-29 Thread Paolo Valleri
Which postgres adapter are you using? Try - contains('%Smith') and (for case-insensitive query) - contains('%smith', case_sensitive=False) Paolo On Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 9:26:24 PM UTC+2, Tom Stratton wrote: > > For me, with the postgres adapter, the "contains" method is only returning > i

[web2py] Re: Pydal ilike search inside a list of strings?

2015-04-28 Thread Tom Stratton
For me, with the postgres adapter, the "contains" method is only returning information when one of the items in the list is an exact match (case insensitive) for the item I search for. so if the list is ['John Doe', 'Michael Smith', 'Karen Jones', 'Anne Baker'] contains('Michael Smith') returns

[web2py] Re: Pydal ilike search inside a list of strings?

2015-04-25 Thread Massimo Di Pierro
db.tablename.fieldname.contains('whatever') On Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:28:10 UTC-5, Tom Stratton wrote: > > Hi - > > I'm struggling to find a way to do an "ilike" style search within a list > of strings field in the db. > > For example, my field may contain ['Donald Duck', 'Minnie Mouse'] > >