You can use asterisks (*) and question marks (?) as wildcards to search for data. An asterisk (*) can represent any number of characters. A question mark (?) can represent any single character. The value to query can start with an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?). For example, you can match query results such as "tablestore" by searching for "table*e".

Prerequisites

  • The OTSClient instance is initialized. For more information, see Initialization.
  • A data table is created, and data is written to the table.
  • A search index is created for the table. For more information, see Create search indexes.

Parameters

Parameter Description
query The query type. Set this parameter to WildcardQuery.
field_name The name of the column.
value The string that contains wildcards. The string cannot exceed 20 characters in length.
table_name The name of the table.
index_name The name of the search index.
limit The maximum number of rows that the current query returns.
get_total_count Specifies whether to return the total number of matched rows. Default value: False.

Query performance is affected when this parameter is set to true.

ColumnsToGet Specifies whether to return all columns of each matched row.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.SPECIFIED, you must specify the columns to return.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.ALL, all columns are returned.
  • If you set return_type to ColumnReturnType.NONE, only the primary key columns are returned.

Examples

Use wildcard query to query the rows in which the values of the k columns match 'key00*'.

  • Perform wildcard query by using Tablestore SDK for Python V5.2.1 or later
    By default, if you use Tablestore SDK for Python V5.2.1 or later to perform a wildcard query, SearchResponse objects are returned. The following code provides a request sample:
    query = WildcardQuery('k', 'key00*')
search_response = client.search(
    table_name, index_name, 
    SearchQuery(query, limit=100, get_total_count=True), 
    ColumnsToGet(return_type=ColumnReturnType.ALL)
)
    You can use the following sample request to return results of the Tuple type: 
    query = WildcardQuery('k', 'key00*')
rows, next_token, total_count, is_all_succeed, agg_results, group_by_results = client.search(
    table_name, index_name, 
    SearchQuery(query, limit=100, get_total_count=True), 
    ColumnsToGet(return_type=ColumnReturnType.ALL)
).v1_response()
  • Perform wildcard query by using Tablestore SDK for Python of a version earlier than 5.2.1

    By default, if you use Tablestore SDK for Python of a version earlier than 5.2.1 to perform a wildcard query, results of the Tuple type are returned. The following code provides a request sample: 

    query = WildcardQuery('k', 'key00*')
rows, next_token, total_count, is_all_succeed = client.search(
    table_name, index_name, 
    SearchQuery(query, limit=100, get_total_count=True), 
    ColumnsToGet(return_type=ColumnReturnType.ALL)
)