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Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version

Left operand
name
Right operand
text
Result type
bool
Implementing function
namelttext(name,text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no
aliases
<, <(name,text)
manual semantics
Source catalog description; no additional matching manual operator definition claimed
signature
<(name,text) → bool
source oid
255

Definition PG 18

less than

Declared operator-family membership

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memberships

map[description:less than family:text_ops family_slug:family-btree-text_ops left_type:name method:btree operator:<(name,text) operator_slug:op-3c-name-text purpose:search result_type:bool right_type:text sort_family: sort_family_slug: strategy:1]

operator

{"commutator":"\u003e(text,name)","function":"namelttext(name,text)","hash_join":"f","kind":"b","left_type":"name","merge_join":"f","negator":"\u003e=(name,text)","result_type":"bool","right_type":"text","symbol":"\u003c"}

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f