#5240Requested

Like operator for string columns

Requested by @ClemensWon
Energy Committed1,000TeVfrom 1 booster

use case

Let's say I have a list of users and I want to search after the username. Currently I am either forced to have the entire list filtered on the client or I have a procedure that iterates over the entire user list and does manual filtering.

It would be nice to have an out of the box operator for this common task.

changes

I would hope for the operator to be available in reducers / procedures, the query builder and SQL queries

benefit

this would make a common use case easier, lead to better performance and it helps Spacetimedb become more compatible with the complete sql syntax

  1. website-features added the feature-request label Jun 5, 2026

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