Re: Creating an index-type for LIKE '%value%'

On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Larry Rosenman wrote:

> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>>
>>> Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Larry Rosenman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't seem to like pieces with hyphens ('-') in the name, when
>>>>> I try To update blacklist set new_domain_lt=text2ltree(domain) I
>>>>> get a Syntax error (apparently for the hyphens).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try change definition of ISALNUM on ltree.h
>>>>
>>>> #define ISALNUM(x) ( isalnum((unsigned char)(x)) || (x) == '_'
>>>> )
>>>>
>>>> this was already discussed
>>>> http://www.pgsql.ru/db/mw/msg.html?mid=2034299
>>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Now, how can I make it always case-insensitive?
>>>
>>
>> from http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/ltree/
>>
>> It is possible to use several modifiers at the end of a label:
>>
>>
>> @ Do case-insensitive label matching
>> * Do prefix matching for a label
>> % Don't account word separator '_' in label matching,
>> that is 'Russian%' would match 'Russian_nations',
>> but not 'Russian'
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Oleg
>> _____________________________________________________________
>> Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg
>> Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet:
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>
> Does that apply to each node, or the entire string?
>
> I'd like to not have to parse the lquery string and make each node following
> it with an @.

I'm a little bit tired :), if you want case insenstive for the whole node,
you could use built-in fuinction 'lower(text)' !

use text2ltree(lower(text))

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Regards,
Oleg
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Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia)
Internet: oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su, http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/
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