Re: store key name pattern search

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Armand Pirvu (home)" <armand(dot)pirvu(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: store key name pattern search
Date: 2017-04-04 17:42:23
Message-ID: CAMkU=1x7kejThEr9yrAmxbJDU2bwpJ_2K1eUOoRMgmEi3oBksg@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 8:41 AM, Armand Pirvu (home) <armand(dot)pirvu(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> I have the following case
>
>
> select * from foo;
> col1
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ---------------------
> "show_id"=>"1", "group_id"=>"32", "group_name"=>"slb",
> "group_add_by"=>"557651"
> "show_id"=>"2", "group_id"=>"33", "group_name"=>"slc",
> "item_add_by"=>"557652"
> (2 rows)
>
> Is there anyway I can do a pattern search by hstore key name something like
>
> select * from foo where skeys(col1) like '%add_by%';
>
> I looked on the doc but did not see anything , or did I miss it ?
>

select * from foo where array_to_string(akeys(x),';') like '%add\_by%';

Note that I back-slashed the underscore, otherwise it acts as a wildcard
and may match more than you bargained for.

Cheers,

Jeff

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