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When doing a FTS remember to cast the expression to text, e.g. `queryset.annotate(casted_field=Cast('field', TextField())).an...

When doing a FTS remember to cast the expression to text, e.g. queryset.annotate(casted_field=Cast('field', TextField())).annotate(vector=SearchVector('casted_field')).filter(vector=value). This allows even UUID fields to be searchable.

Shared by Carlos Coelho

  • Django
  • Full Text Search

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