I am having trouble getting a multiple column text search select statement to work.
I've setup the following:
CREATE TABLE tstest (col1 text, col2 text);
INSERT INTO tstest (col1, col2) VALUES ('bird', 'moon');
CREATE INDEX tstest_ts_idx ON tstest USING gin(to_tsvector('english', coalesce(col1, '') || '' || coalesce(col2, '')));
I then execute what I believe is the correct select statement:
SELECT * FROM tstest WHERE to_tsvector('english', coalesce(col1, '') || '' || coalesce(col2, '')) @@ to_tsquery('english', 'bird');
If I remove the second column from the to_tsvector in the select statement then it returns the row.
SELECT * FROM tstest
WHERE to_tsvector('english', coalesce(col1, '')) @@ to_tsquery('english', 'bird');
I know I've missed something basic but I can't figure out what.
As a side note I don't understand the purpose of the || '' || between the columns in the to_tsvector. I saw it in several examples. I've tried both with and without it with no change.
Thanks in advance.
-Mont
