sql "LIKE" equivalent in django query

Question

What is the equivalent of this SQL statement in django?

SELECT * FROM table_name WHERE string LIKE pattern; 

How do I implement this in django? I tried

result = table.objects.filter( pattern in string ) 

But that did not work. How do i implement this?

Answer 1

Use __contains or __icontains (case-insensitive):

result = table.objects.filter(string__contains='pattern') 

The SQL equivalent is

SELECT ... WHERE string LIKE '%pattern%';