db.tablename.fieldname.contains('whatever')

On Saturday, 25 April 2015 10:28:10 UTC-5, Tom Stratton wrote:
>
> Hi -
>
> I'm struggling to find a way to do an "ilike" style search within a list 
> of strings field in the db.
>
> For example, my field may contain ['Donald Duck', 'Minnie Mouse']
>
> I'd like that record returned when I am searching for '%mouse%'
>
> Maybe I need to cast the list to a string but this is just part of a 
> larger query and I'm hoping for a simpler, built in, solution.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
> PS - what does it take to get posting permissions? I feel like I would 
> participate more if my answers didn't get help overnight ;-)
>

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