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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: regex (not) matching null string
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Msg-id 21970.1024686094@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to regex (not) matching null string  ("David M. Kaplan" <dmkaplan@ucdavis.edu>)
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"David M. Kaplan" <dmkaplan@ucdavis.edu> writes:
> I have found that !~ and !~* do not match the null string even when one
> would expect them to.

NULL strings won't match anything.  I can't tell whether your row 3 is
an empty string or a NULL --- but if it's a NULL, this behavior is
not a bug.  Try "s IS NULL" if you want to find NULLs.

            regards, tom lane

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