FUNCTIONS / TEXT SEARCH FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS
Constructs a phrase query that searches for matches of query1 and query2 at successive lexemes (same as <-> operator).
Signatures & examples
tsquery_phrase ( query1 tsquery, query2 tsquery ) → tsquery
Constructs a phrase query that searches for matches of query1 and query2 at successive lexemes (same as <-> operator).tsquery_phrase(to_tsquery('fat'), to_tsquery('cat')) → 'fat' <-> 'cat'tsquery_phrase ( query1 tsquery, query2 tsquery, distance integer ) → tsquery
Constructs a phrase query that searches for matches of query1 and query2 that occur exactly distance lexemes apart.tsquery_phrase(to_tsquery('fat'), to_tsquery('cat'), 10) → 'fat' <10> 'cat'
Version history 2
- PG 12 → 13changed
- PG 9.5 → 9.6added
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