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Tablestore:Wildcard query

Last Updated:Aug 05, 2024

When you perform a wildcard query, you can use the asterisk (*) and question mark (?) wildcard characters in the query to search for data. The asterisk (*) matches a string of any length at, before, or after a search term. The question mark (?) matches a single character in a specific position. The string can start with an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?). For example, if you search for the "table*e" string, "tablestore" can be matched.

If you want to use *word* (equivalent to WHERE field_a LIKE '%word%' in SQL) to query data, you can use fuzzy query for better performance. For more information, see Fuzzy query. If you perform a fuzzy query, the query performance is not compromised when the data volume increases.

Note

If you want to use the NOT LIKE operator, you must use WildcardQuery together with mustNotQueries of BoolQuery.

Prerequisites

Parameters

Parameter

Description

TableName

The name of the data table.

IndexName

The name of the search index.

query

The type of the query. Set the query type to WildcardQuery.

FieldName

The name of the column that you want to query.

Value

The string that contains wildcard characters. The string cannot exceed 32 characters in length.

ColumnsToGet

Specifies whether to return all columns of each matched row.

By default, the value of ReturnAll is false, which specifies that not all columns are returned. If ReturnAll is set to false, you can use ColumnsToGet to specify the columns that you want to return. If you do not specify the columns that you want to return, only the primary key columns are returned.

If you set ReturnAll to true, all columns are returned.

Sample code

The following sample code provides an example on how to search the table for rows in which the value of the Col_Keyword column matches "hang*u":

/**
 * Search the table for rows in which the value of the Col_Keyword column matches "hang*u". 
 */
func WildcardQuery(client *tablestore.TableStoreClient, tableName string, indexName string) {
    searchRequest := &tablestore.SearchRequest{}
    searchRequest.SetTableName(tableName)
    searchRequest.SetIndexName(indexName)
    query := &search.WildcardQuery{} // Set the query type to WildcardQuery. 
    query.FieldName = "Col_Keyword"
    query.Value = "hang*u"
    searchQuery := search.NewSearchQuery()
    searchQuery.SetQuery(query)
    searchRequest.SetSearchQuery(searchQuery)
    // Return all columns in the rows that meet the query conditions. 
    searchRequest.SetColumnsToGet(&tablestore.ColumnsToGet{
        ReturnAll:true,
    })
    searchResponse, err := client.Search(searchRequest)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Printf("%#v", err)
        return
    }
    fmt.Println("IsAllSuccess: ", searchResponse.IsAllSuccess) // Check whether all rows that meet the query conditions are returned. 
    fmt.Println("TotalCount: ", searchResponse.TotalCount) // Specify that the total number of matched rows instead of the number of returned rows is displayed. 
    fmt.Println("RowCount: ", len(searchResponse.Rows))
    for _, row := range searchResponse.Rows {
        jsonBody, err := json.Marshal(row)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Println("Row: ", string(jsonBody))
    }
}

FAQ

References

  • When you use a search index to query data, you can use the following query methods: term query, terms query, match all query, match query, match phrase query, prefix query, range query, wildcard query, geo query, Boolean query, KNN vector query, nested query, and exists query. You can use the query methods provided by the search index to query data from multiple dimensions based on your business requirements.

    You can sort or paginate rows that meet the query conditions by using the sorting and paging features. For more information, see Sorting and paging.

    You can use the collapse (distinct) feature to collapse the result set based on a specific column. This way, data of the specified type appears only once in the query results. For more information, see Collapse (distinct).

  • If you want to analyze data in a data table, you can use the aggregation feature of the Search operation or execute SQL statements. For example, you can obtain the minimum and maximum values, sum, and total number of rows. For more information, see Aggregation and SQL query.

  • If you want to obtain all rows that meet the query conditions without the need to sort the rows, you can call the ParallelScan and ComputeSplits operations to use the parallel scan feature. For more information, see Parallel scan.