Re: [HACKERS] SQL92

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: jose(at)sferacarta(dot)com, djackson(at)cpsgroup(dot)com, pgsql-hackers(at)hub(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] SQL92
Date: 1998-10-02 05:10:31
Message-ID: 199810020510.BAA26767@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > You need The SQL3 SIMILAR
> > > in this case pattern can involve additional special characters, not
> > > just % and _ as in LIKE,
> > TODO item changed to:
> > * add SIMILAR to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
>
> The annoying thing is that our regex "~" operators do all of this and
> more, but presumably don't have the right behavior for underscore and
> for percent. Should we look at the regex code and try to get it to be
> compatible (for v6.5...)?

Not sure.

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