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Suppose I have a PG ARRAY field:

id |    array    |
===|=============|
  1|{"1","2","3"}|

How do I use sequelize to query to see if the array field as the value 1.

I tried:

array: { $contains: "1" }

which gives me:

array @> "1"

with error:

Possibly unhandled SequelizeDatabaseError: array value must start with "{" or dimension information

UPDATE

I was able to do it by: array: { $contains: '{' + value + '}' }

Is there a more correct way?

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  • Are you storing serialized data in your database, or is that just a visualization? Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 15:50
  • no it is not serialized. it is a PG ARRAY datatype. Commented Mar 13, 2015 at 16:04

2 Answers 2

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I realised that sequelize is expecting the condition to be an array:

array: { [Op.contains]: ["1"] }

That will work. Cheers!!

Bear in mind that Op is exported from sequelize

const { Op } = require('sequelize');

or

import { Op } from 'sequelize';

See official docs: https://sequelize.org/master/manual/model-querying-basics.html#operators

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Update: new syntax is array: { [Op.contains] : ["1"] }
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Maybe so.

`{ genres: { $contains: [genreType] } }`

genres is an array. genreType can also be an array.

const Sequelize = require('sequelize');

const sequelize = new Sequelize('database', 'username', 'password', {
  host: 'localhost',
  dialect: /* one of 'mysql' | 'mariadb' | 'postgres' | 'mssql' */,
  operatorsAliases: Sequelize.Op.Aliases,
}); 

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