Merge pull request #2855 from payloadcms/fix/#2832

fix: #2832, slow like queries with lots of records

src/mongoose/buildQuery.ts

@@ -372,6 +372,23 @@ export class ParamParser {
           }
         }
 
+        if (operator === 'like' && typeof formattedValue === 'string') {
+          const words = formattedValue.split(' ');
+
+          const result = {
+            value: {
+              $and: words.map((word) => ({
+                [path]: {
+                  $regex: word.replace(/[\\^$*+?\\.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&'),
+                  $options: 'i',
+                },
+              })),
+            },
+          };
+
+          return result;
+        }
+
         // Some operators like 'near' need to define a full query
         // so if there is no operator key, just return the value
         if (!operatorKey) {

src/mongoose/sanitizeQueryValue.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import mongoose from 'mongoose';
 import { createArrayFromCommaDelineated } from './createArrayFromCommaDelineated';
-import wordBoundariesRegex from '../utilities/wordBoundariesRegex';
 import { Field, TabAsField } from '../fields/config/types';
 
 type SanitizeQueryValueArgs = {
@@ -107,11 +106,6 @@ export const sanitizeQueryValue = ({ field, path, operator, val, hasCustomID }:
     if (operator === 'contains') {
       formattedValue = { $regex: formattedValue, $options: 'i' };
     }
-
-    if (operator === 'like' && typeof formattedValue === 'string') {
-      const $regex = wordBoundariesRegex(formattedValue);
-      formattedValue = { $regex };
-    }
   }
 
   if (operator === 'exists') {