Match literal underscore in LIKE pattern "pg\_%" #9
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| Yes, that is a bug, and your fix is correct. Instead of creating a Also, I think that the regression tests could be shorter. I think that it is good enough to test a table, and we don't need to verify that the improved pattern also works for a schema containing a sequence as well. |
`_` matches single character in LIKE pattern matching, so a pattern `LIKE 'pg_%'` would match anything that starts with `pg` and is at least 3 characters long, like 'pg1'. To correct matching pattern and only match `pg_%` we need to escape literal underscore `pg\_%`
dodobas force-pushed the fix-LIKE-pattern-matching branch from 7062cee to 7190951 Compare 
| Thank you for the input, I've updated the PR. I've used |
| Thank you. |
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_matches single character in LIKE pattern matching, so a patternLIKE 'pg_%'would match anything that starts withpgand is at least3 characters long, like 'pg1'.
To correct matching pattern and only match
pg_%we need to escape literal underscorepg\_%