Re: FInding "corrupt" values in UTF-8 tables (regexp question, I think)

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On Aug 17, 2007, at 12:50 , Phoenix Kiula wrote:

> On 18/08/07, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net> wrote:
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>> On Aug 17, 2007, at 10:58 , Phoenix Kiula wrote:
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>>> What would be the SQL to find data of this nature? My column can
>>> only
>>> have alphanumeric data, and the only symbols allowed are "-" and
>>> "_",
>>> so I tried this regexp query:
>>>
>>> select id, t_code
>>> from traders
>>> where t_code ~ '[^A-Za-z1-9\-]'
>>>
>>
>> If you're including - in a range as a character, doesn't it have to
>> go first?
>> Try this:
>>
>> WHERE t_code ~ $re$[^-A-Za-z1-9_]$re$
>>
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> Thanks, yes, this is sweet!
>
> If I include this into a check constraint on the table, would that be
> very resource intensive for INSERTs and UPDATEs?
>

Maybe. I don't know. What's very? Measure, change, and measure again.
Premature optimization and all that. :) First I make it correct.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net