Functions / Text Search Functions And Operators
Constructs a phrase query that searches for matches of query1 and query2 at successive lexemes (same as <-> operator).
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tsquery_phrase ( query1 tsquery, query2 tsquery ) → tsqueryConstructs 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 ) → tsqueryConstructs 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'Definition snapshot: 2026-09-14T13:14:25.684213+00:00@99e6866c · English manual source