regex_replace problem

From: Gary Stainburn <gary(dot)stainburn(at)ringways(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: regex_replace problem
Date: 2008-01-25 16:15:58
Message-ID: 200801251615.59186.gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk
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Hi folks.

I've got a problem with regex_replace. As you can see below psql displays the
error saying the function does not exist. Can anyone see why, and what I
need todo to fix it.

Cheers

goole=# select distinct ud_rfl from used_diary where ud_rfl ~ ' *= *';
ud_rfl
-----------
12 = 1wk
12=1WK
12m = 1wk
6=1WK
(4 rows)

goole=# select distinct regex_replace(ud_rfl,' *= *','+') from used_diary
where ud_rfl ~ ' *= *';
ERROR: function regex_replace(character varying, "unknown", "unknown") does
not exist
HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need to
add explicit type casts.
goole=# select distinct replace(ud_rfl,'=','+') from used_diary where ud_rfl
~ ' *= *';
replace
-----------
12 + 1wk
12+1WK
12m + 1wk
6+1WK
(4 rows)
[root(at)stan ~]# rpm -qa|grep postgresql
postgresql-jdbc-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-libs-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-pl-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-contrib-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-server-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-docs-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-python-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-test-8.1.9-1.fc5
postgresql-tcl-8.1.9-1.fc5
[root(at)stan ~]#
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