Thomas Jaeckle

Hi @dtmb91 That's a good idea supporting case insensitive searches. I suggest using a new "function" name for that, e.g. `likeIgnoringCase(,"valUE*")` A PullRequest for that would be very welcome, as...

Here some hints regarding how to implement: * https://github.com/eclipse/ditto/blob/master/rql/query/src/main/java/org/eclipse/ditto/rql/query/criteria/LikePredicateImpl.java is the implementation of `like` - I would copy from that * look at where the constructor of `LikePredicateImpl` is used...

> My team and I are working on an ambitious project for an important multinational operating worldwide. Ditto must be the digital twin of hundreds of thousands of devices around...

When you are able to provide a reproducer, please open a new ticket. Closing this one for now ..

> At least one corner case came to my mind: what happens if a property with a desired state gets deleted or renamed? I think that this is a cornercase...

@thfries I know you are planning on also working on a "connections" functionality in the Ditto UI. Please be aware that we aim to soon work on this issue, providing...

We also noticed that for Ditto 2.x versions there could be situations where inconsistencies in the search can occur. That was due to the nature of the chosen "attribute pattern"...

Definitely fixed in 3.0, therefore closing the issue ..

I agree 👍 This also already is the "pattern" when creating a new thing with an "inline" `_policy`.

@inno-steffg the [merge specification docs](https://www.eclipse.org/ditto/protocol-specification-things-merge.html) state: > For all merge commands the value field is provided in [JSON merge patch](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7396) format. So instead of copying the documentation of the RFC...