Re: [HACKERS] SQL92 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thomas G. Lockhart
Subject Re: [HACKERS] SQL92
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Msg-id 3614FD8D.8F7C67AB@alumni.caltech.edu
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In response to RE: [HACKERS] SQL92  ("Jackson, DeJuan" <djackson@cpsgroup.com>)
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> >       * add SIMILAR to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
> So are we going to add the character class support to LIKE or SIMILAR
> or both?  Just looking for clarification.  Or are we going to use the
> regex code for both?

I would expect us to stay compatible with the standard for LIKE, and
perhaps have a superset of the SQL3 (draft) standard for SIMILAR. I'd
expect it to be a candidate for v6.5, or perhaps for v6.4.x.

But I'm not doing the work, and whoever does has a much stronger vote :)

               - Tom

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