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.

The *word* string is equivalent to the WHERE field_a LIKE '%word%' clause in SQL. If you want to search for the *word* string, you can perform a fuzzy query that provides higher performance than a wildcard query. For more information about how to perform a fuzzy query, 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

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

Parameters

ParameterDescription
TableNameThe name of the data table.
IndexNameThe name of the search index.
queryThe type of the query. Set the query type to WildcardQuery.
FieldNameThe name of the column.
ValueThe string that contains wildcard characters. The string cannot exceed 32 characters in length.
ColumnsToGetSpecifies 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 the ReturnAll parameter to true, all columns are returned.

Examples

/**
 * 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)
    // Specify that all columns are returned. 
    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 matched rows 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))
    }
}