Can I do a text search on a pattern using Google App Engine?

Question

All the examples that I see show how to accurately pull entities matching a string.

Is there an equivalent of a LIKE request?

Also, if that helps, I am thinking of using the result to automatically fill in the text box.

thanks

Answer 1

Google App Engine: is it possible to execute a Gql LIKE request?

Gql has the keyword startsWith:

http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java/browse_thread/thread/972599e12c8e7fc8/83c9d1f1b78898ab?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=StartsWith#83c9d1f1b78898ab