How use sql “like” in PyMongo?

Question

How use sql \"like\" in PyMongo?

>>> db.houses.find().count()
11616
>>> db.houses.find({\"hid\":u\"16999\"}).count()
1
>>> db.hous         


        

Answer 1

pymongo doesn't support regex literals, you have to use the '$regex' predicate:

 db.houses.find({"hid":{"$regex": u"9"}})