Re: Is it possible to specify an ESCAPE for a wildcard search using LIKE ANY (...)

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 09:25:38AM +0100, Thomas Kellerer wrote:

> I recently stumbled over the need to use a wildcard escape character for a condition that makes use of LIKE ANY, something like:
>
> select *
> from some_table
> where name like any (array['foo_bar%', 'bar_foo%']) escape '/';
>
> so that the underscore wouldn't be treated as a wildard

May I ask for clarification:

Do you need to have the _ NOT be recognized as a wildcard ?

Or do yo need to have the _ be used as an escape character ?

In the latter case I wonder whether the example was an
unlucky choice since neither "b" nor "f" need escaping. Am I
understanding you correctly that you need '_%' to have the
meaning '\%' normally would in the context of a LIKE pattern ?

Karsten
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