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Reading PG 18·Select a recorded version

Left operand
text
Right operand
name
Result type
bool
Implementing function
textltname(text,name)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no
aliases
<, <(text,name)
manual semantics
Source catalog description; no additional matching manual operator definition claimed
signature
<(text,name) → bool
source oid
261

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:text method:btree operator:<(text,name) operator_slug:op-3c-text-name purpose:search result_type:bool right_type:name sort_family: sort_family_slug: strategy:1]

operator

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

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f