Re: PL/PGSQL Regexe - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: PL/PGSQL Regexe
Date
Msg-id 28279.1000909202@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to PL/PGSQL Regexe  (rdear <rdear@dev.internal>)
List pgsql-sql
rdear <rdear@dev.internal> writes:
> I'm doing a check within a PL/PGSQL function using a regular expression 
> and I get the error:

> ERROR:  regcomp failed with error invalid character range

> This appears to be because of the underscore "_" character. The regex I 
> want to use is ''[A-Za-z0-9_]'' but this doesn't work.

Seems to work for me:

regression=# select 'a' ~ '[A-Za-z0-9_]';?column?
----------t
(1 row)

regression=# select '_' ~ '[A-Za-z0-9_]';?column?
----------t
(1 row)

regression=# select ':' ~ '[A-Za-z0-9_]';?column?
----------f
(1 row)

How old is your Postgres?  (I can tell by the spelling of the error
message that it's not current.)
        regards, tom lane


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