John Smith <jayzee.smith@gmail.com> writes:
> i can run "...@@ to_tsquery('cat | dog')".
> but if i run "...@@ to_tsquery('cat dog')", it gives me a syntax error (#42601).
> so i run "...@@ plainto_tsquery('cat dog')".
> but then i can't run "...@@ plainto_tsquery('cat | dog')".
Yeah ... that's pretty much exactly the point of having two different
functions. to_tsquery() honors boolean operators in the query, the other
doesn't.
If this doesn't fit your notions of a reasonable API, maybe you could
create your own preprocessing function.
regards, tom lane