| From: | Simon Ellmann <simon(dot)ellmann(at)tum(dot)de> |
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| To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: regexp_replace not respecting greediness |
| Date: | 2025-09-22 08:07:29 |
| Message-ID: | 0686ED8B-5A35-42E1-AF6A-DD1FD8C8C0F0@tum.de |
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Thanks for the hint to the documentation, I missed that part. This is really surprising behavior!
Cheers,
Simon
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On 19. Sep 2025, at 16:09, David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
On Friday, September 19, 2025, Simon Ellmann <simon(dot)ellmann(at)tum(dot)de<mailto:simon(dot)ellmann(at)tum(dot)de>> wrote:
With the following regular expression, the second .* seems to match non-greedily although (if I am correct) it should match greedily:
Working as documented in rule 6:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html#POSIX-MATCHING-RULES
David J.
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