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FUNCTIONS / TEXT SEARCH FUNCTIONS AND OPERATORS

websearch_to_tsquery

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

Signatures & examples

websearch_to_tsquery ( [ config regconfig, ] query text ) → tsquery
Converts text to a tsquery, normalizing words according to the specified or default configuration. Quoted word sequences are converted to phrase tests. The word or is understood as producing an OR operator, and a dash produces a NOT operator; other punctuation is ignored. This approximates the behavior of some common web search tools.
websearch_to_tsquery('english', '"fat rat" or cat dog') → 'fat' <-> 'rat' | 'cat' & 'dog'
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  1. PG 12 → 13changed
  2. PG 10 → 11added

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