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^@(text,text)

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Left operand
text
Right operand
text
Result type
bool
Implementing function
starts_with(text,text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no
aliases
^@, ^@(text,text)
manual semantics
Exact operand/result signature matched
signature
^@(text,text) → bool
source oid
3877

Definition PG 18

starts with

Declared operator-family membership

Index AMFamilyStrategyPurposeOrdering family
SP-GiSTtext_ops28search

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memberships

map[description:starts with family:text_ops family_slug:family-spgist-text_ops left_type:text method:spgist operator:^@(text,text) operator_slug:op-5e40-text-text purpose:search result_type:bool right_type:text sort_family: sort_family_slug: strategy:28]

operator

{"commutator":"","function":"starts_with(text,text)","hash_join":"f","kind":"b","left_type":"text","merge_join":"f","negator":"","result_type":"bool","right_type":"text","symbol":"^@"}

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f