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~<~(text,text)

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Left operand
text
Right operand
text
Result type
bool
Implementing function
text_pattern_lt(text,text)
Operator kind
Binary
Hash join candidate
no
Merge join candidate
no
aliases
~<~, ~<~(text,text)
manual semantics
Source catalog description; no additional matching manual operator definition claimed
signature
~<~(text,text) → bool
source oid
2314

Definition PG 18

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Declared operator-family membership

Index AMFamilyStrategyPurposeOrdering family
B-treetext_pattern_ops1search
SP-GiSTtext_ops1search

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memberships

map[description:less than family:text_pattern_ops family_slug:family-btree-text_pattern_ops left_type:text method:btree operator:~<~(text,text) operator_slug:op-7e3c7e-text-text purpose:search result_type:bool right_type:text sort_family: sort_family_slug: strategy:1], map[description:less than family:text_ops family_slug:family-spgist-text_ops left_type:text method:spgist operator:~<~(text,text) operator_slug:op-7e3c7e-text-text purpose:search result_type:bool right_type:text sort_family: sort_family_slug: strategy:1]

operator

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center · PostgreSQL 18 · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f

Text language: en · 555610c24d53e4316da5b7d3fc25c279d96856d5e0e23ee308c328c5fa881d9f