package dbx

import "strings"

// StringToFilter processes a string to be used as a filter in an SQL LIKE
// statement. It replaces all spaces with % and adds % to the beginning and
// end of the string.
func StringToFilter(str string) string {
	str = strings.Trim(str, "%")
	str = strings.ReplaceAll(str, " ", "%")
	str = "%" + str + "%"
	return str
}