Re: [SQL] postgres 6.3.2 and regexp - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [SQL] postgres 6.3.2 and regexp
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Msg-id 3288.924529095@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to postgres 6.3.2 and regexp  (Bill Brandt <brandtwr-pgsql@draaw.net>)
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Bill Brandt <brandtwr-pgsql@draaw.net> writes:
> This may have been dealt with before, but I'm encountering a problem
> with regexp selects in postgres 6.3.2.  Is this a known bug?
> ERROR:  regcomp failed with error repetition-operator operand invalid
> This happens anytime the text has a * as the first character. 

No bug there.  Better go reread the documentation about regular
expressions again.  (Hint: they're not the same as shell wildcards.)
        regards, tom lane


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