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)
> - 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 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 the row but
>> contains('Smith') does not
>>
>> I would like to be able to do
>> xxxx('% b%) and get back the row - Matching 'Anne Baker'
>>
>> Tom
>>
>>
>> On Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 7:15:41 PM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
>>>
>>> db.tablename.fieldname.contains('whatever')
>>>
>>>
>>>
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