Question about Challenge 3

nathandh · 2026-01-06T18:59:00.627+00:00

In the 3rd challenge (with repeating country list), there's a step to bind the input variable to the search parameter in the API call. Looks like:What does this string represent?

nathandh
6 days ago
In the 3rd challenge (with repeating country list), there's a step to bind the input variable to the search parameter in the API call. Looks like:

ilike.%

What does this string represent?
Lucas G
5 days ago
I believe that's a sql operator
maybe postgresql specific?
Kinda like includes()
unicodes
5 days ago
You have to replace % with *, (please delete the coma). In my case I'm using coma because I have multiple inputs to search for. Hope this helps.
Erik Beuschau
5 days ago
You can find the PostgREST documentation here on how to filter data https://postgrest.org/en/stable/references/api/tables_views.html#horizontal-filtering
@Erik Beuschau
You can find the PostgREST documentation here on how to filter data https://postgrest.org/en/stable/references/api/tables_views.html#horizontal-filtering
unicodes
5 days ago
Exactly, please compare ilike with text search, could be a better solution: https://postgrest.org/en/stable/references/api/tables_views.html#full-text-search

Question about Challenge 3

nathandh

Lucas G

unicodes

Erik Beuschau

unicodes