Re: SIMILAR TO syntax (Was: Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: O...)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
Cc: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SIMILAR TO syntax (Was: Re: The TODO List (Was: Re: O...)
Date: 2002-09-22 20:00:20
Message-ID: 25888.1032724820@sss.pgh.pa.us
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> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICS, getting SIMILAR TO to operate per spec would require adding some
>> sort of translation function that converts the spec-style pattern into
>> a Posix pattern that our regex match engine would handle.

I did something about this. The translation function probably needs
work (for one thing, it's not multibyte-aware) but it's a start; and
we shouldn't need any more initdbs to tweak it.

regards, tom lane

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