Add PrefixSearch for full-text prefix matching (GH-1327)#4128
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Adds PrefixSearch LINQ extension method that uses PostgreSQL's :* prefix matching operator with to_tsquery. This enables partial word matching in full-text search, e.g. searching "Priced" matches "PricedIdeaScreening". Useful for enum values stored as strings or other concatenated identifiers. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
PrefixSearchLINQ extension method that uses PostgreSQL'sto_tsquerywith the:*prefix matching operator, so each search word matches any lexeme that starts with itPrefixSearchAsyncconvenience method onIQuerySessionfor consistency with the other search methodsHow it works
PostgreSQL's
to_tsquery('english', 'Priced:*')matches any lexeme starting with "priced" (after stemming). Since "PricedIdeaScreening" is stored as a single lexeme'pricedideascreening', the prefix'price:*'matches it.The
PrefixSearchparser transforms the user's input by appending:*to each word and joining with&(AND), then passes it toto_tsquery. For example:"Priced"→to_tsquery('english', 'Priced:*')"Priced Idea"→to_tsquery('english', 'Priced:* & Idea:*')Test plan
prefix_search_matches_partial_enum_value_GH_1327verifies thatPrefixSearch("Priced")matches a document containing "PricedIdeaScreening" while standardSearch("Priced")does not🤖 Generated with Claude Code