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~*(text,text)

matches regular expression, case-insensitive

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Left operand
text
Right operand
text
Result type
bool
Implementing function
texticregexeq(text,text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no
aliases
~*, ~*(text,text)
manual semantics
Exact operand/result signature matched
memberships
Unknown
signature
~*(text,text) → bool
source oid
1228

Definition PG 18

matches regular expression, case-insensitive

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{"commutator":"","function":"texticregexeq(text,text)","hash_join":"f","kind":"b","left_type":"text","merge_join":"f","negator":"!~*(text,text)","result_type":"bool","right_type":"text","symbol":"~*"}

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f