Re: Regular expression problem

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
Cc: Matias Surdi <matiass(at)interlap(dot)com(dot)ar>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regular expression problem
Date: 2003-10-24 18:16:54
Message-ID: m38ynapkkp.fsf@conexa.fciencias.unam.mx
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"scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> writes:

> It certainly seems to work in Postgresql 7.4 beta 4:
>
> create table test2 (info text);
> CREATE TABLE
> insert into test2 values ('ab');
> INSERT 109169538 1
> insert into test2 values ('abc');
> INSERT 109169539 1
>
> marl8412=# select * from test2 where info ~ '^[a-z]{2}$';
> info
> ------
> ab
>
> Or was there more to that message I wasn't getting?

He was trying to use '[a-z]{2,2}', which doesn't work in PostgreSQL.

Regards,
Manuel.

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