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FUNCTIONS / TEXT SEARCH FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

phraseto_tsquery

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Converts text to a tsquery, normalizing words according to the specified or default configuration.

Signatures & examples

phraseto_tsquery ( [ config regconfig, ] query text ) → tsquery
Converts text to a tsquery, normalizing words according to the specified or default configuration. Any punctuation in the string is ignored (it does not determine query operators). The resulting query matches phrases containing all non-stopwords in the text.
phraseto_tsquery('english', 'The Fat Rats') → 'fat' <-> 'rat'
phraseto_tsquery('english', 'The Cat and Rats') → 'cat' <2> 'rat'
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 9.5 → 9.6added

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