From c96985be0c14fcff768e036de96ebef3caa24d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James <james@trbl.design>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:48:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: #806, allow partial word matches using 'like' operator

---
 src/mongoose/sanitizeFormattedValue.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/mongoose/sanitizeFormattedValue.ts b/src/mongoose/sanitizeFormattedValue.ts
index e49fd0791e..102ba11be4 100644
--- a/src/mongoose/sanitizeFormattedValue.ts
+++ b/src/mongoose/sanitizeFormattedValue.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export const sanitizeQueryValue = (schemaType: SchemaType, path: string, operato
     if (operator === 'like' && typeof formattedValue === 'string') {
       const words = formattedValue.split(' ');
       const regex = words.reduce((pattern, word, i) => {
-        return `${pattern}(?=.*\\b${word}\\b)${i + 1 === words.length ? '.+' : ''}`;
+        return `${pattern}(?=.*\\b${word}.*\\b)${i + 1 === words.length ? '.+' : ''}`;
       }, '');
 
       formattedValue = { $regex: new RegExp(regex), $options: 'i' };