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FUNCTIONS / STRING FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

starts_with

Read PG 18 manual ↗

Returns true if string starts with prefix.

Signatures & examples

starts_with ( string text, prefix text ) → boolean
Returns true if string starts with prefix.
starts_with('alphabet', 'alph') → t
Version history 2
  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 10 → 11added

Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source