Yes, I read the manual. I think I had a problem because of the
special chars (< / >) that I'm trying to search for... Still looking
for the right syntax.
On 8/23/07, Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net> wrote:
>
> On Aug 23, 2007, at 19:33 , Postgres User wrote:
>
> > I'm new to Regex in Postgres. Can someone give me a quick pointer on
> > how I'd SELECT the substring between '<name>' and '</name>' in
> > a field?
>
> Check out regexp_replace:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/functions-
> matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP
>
> One of the forms of substring might work for you, too.
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm seespotcode net
>
>
>
