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Match a text prefix
Postgres: Use a percent wildcard after a known prefix.
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Match one value from a short list
Postgres: Use IN for a set of allowed values.
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Measure the length of ordinary text
Postgres: Use the engine’s text-length function; this ASCII example has no trailing spaces.
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Normalize ASCII text to lowercase
Postgres: LOWER is useful for display normalization; indexed case-insensitive search depends on the database collation and schema.
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Normalize ASCII text to uppercase
Postgres: UPPER changes character case under the database’s text rules.
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Pair employees with their managers
Postgres: Alias a table twice to represent two different roles in one relationship.
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Place missing values after known values portably
Postgres: A CASE sort key controls NULL placement without relying on engine-specific defaults.
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Rank tied scores with competition gaps
Postgres: RANK leaves a gap after tied rows, unlike DENSE_RANK.
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Rank tied scores without gaps
Postgres: DENSE_RANK assigns equal ranks to ties and increments by one for the next distinct score.
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Read a page after a known unique key
Postgres: A keyset predicate avoids scanning and discarding an increasing offset on a suitable index.
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Read named columns from a table
Postgres: Choose the columns needed and request a deterministic row order.
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Read the last value of the complete partition
Postgres: Specify an unbounded-following frame so LAST_VALUE does not stop at the current row.
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