problem with LIKE and '/%'

I am having the exact same problem.  I am quite sure this used to work
in 7.0.0, but it certainly seems broken under 7.0.2.  Does anyone have a
solution?  I am going to try to reinstall 7.0.0 to verify that it worked
in that version.

thanks,
--Barry

Zlatko Calusic wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Not long after I resolved my last problem with indices ('vaccum
> analyze'), I stumbled upon another.
>
> Check this:
>
> filedb=# select file from filenew where file like '/home/zcalusic/rcs%';
>
> returns
>
>                      file
> ----------------------------------------------
>  /home/zcalusic/rcs
>  /home/zcalusic/rcs/linux
>  /home/zcalusic/rcs/linux/0_REPORTING-,v
>  /home/zcalusic/rcs/linux/10_bug-list.t,v
>  /home/zcalusic/rcs/linux/11_00-INDEX,v
> ...
>
> but if I add one '/' before wildcard '%' (as I initially would like to
> do it):
>
> filedb=# select file from filenew where file like '/home/zcalusic/rcs/%';
>  file
> ------
> (0 rows)
>
> No rows???
>
> How can that be, when output above shows I DO have rows that satisfy
> this query?
> --
> Zlatko