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Functions / String Functions And Operators

starts_with

Read the PG 18 manual

Returns true if string starts with prefix.

Reading PG 18current·documented in 10 of 27 versions, 11 to 20

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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. 12 → 13 changed
  2. 10 → 11 added

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