One cheap workaround is to turn the description String property into a StringListProperty where each word is one of the list members.
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/typesandpropertyclasses.html#StringListProperty <http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/typesandpropertyclasses.html#StringListProperty>Thus, you could search for individual words in a description like so: Select * from MyClass where description = 'searchWord' And, any entity in MyClass that had the word 'searchWord' in its description would get returned. On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Yury Sintyaev <[email protected]> wrote: > GQL has no "like" condition. I want to implement search function in my > site. There is class MyClass. In MyClass there is field "String > description". This is text(500 chars). I want to make the query: > select * from MyClass where description like '%searchValue%'. > What is workarround? > Thanks for answer, > Yury. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
