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Both <function>LIKE</function> and <function>SIMILAR TO</function>

are SQL-standard operators which are also available in alternate

forms as <product>PostgreSQL</product> operators; look at

forms as <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> operators; look at

<literal>~</literal> and <literal>~~</literal> for examples.

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