Re: pg_ident.conf + regular expressions issue

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alexey Shishkin <alexey(dot)shishkin(dot)01(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_ident.conf + regular expressions issue
Date: 2024-10-21 21:04:48
Message-ID: 1731237.1729544688@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alexey Shishkin <alexey(dot)shishkin(dot)01(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> OK, what we have is:
> "(?c)^(.*SMOKEYBEAR)$" does not match "smokeybear"
> and at the same time:
> "(?i)^(.*SMOKEYBEAR)$" does match "smokeybear"
> How the latter is possible ?

Uh, that's the entire point of the "i" flag, no?
See about embedded options here:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html#POSIX-METASYNTAX

regards, tom lane

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