Marc McIntyre <mmcintyre(at)squiz(dot)net> writes:
... Is there a way to perform this efficiently in one query ?
No, because you're hoping for an indexscan optimization of a LIKE
query, and that can only happen if the pattern is a plan-time constant.
regards, tom lane
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