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From Rommel the iCeMAn
Subject SIMILAR TO
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Msg-id AANLkTin0sFTh=A6nPUj8dfumGRbALJT=cJrBew6mxxfK@mail.gmail.com
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Responses Re: SIMILAR TO  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi guys,

I use the following code to detect alphanumeric strings:

IF _my_variable SIMILAR TO '^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$' THEN
        // do stuff here
END IF;

In pg8.4 this worked perfectly. I upgraded to pg9.0 and it no longer
works. From the release notes it appears that the behavior of SIMILAR
TO has changed in pg9.0. My question is, how do I modify my code so
that it works in 9.0?

Thanks in advance.
Rommel.


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