Re: [GENERAL] Regex problems

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: charles(dot)h(dot)curley(at)lmco(dot)com (Charles Curley)
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Regex problems
Date: 1998-10-07 02:46:50
Message-ID: 199810070246.WAA07583@candle.pha.pa.us
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> select "dept", "last", "first" from "employees" where "last" ~ 'C*';

You want:

> select "dept", "last", "first" from "employees" where "last" ~ '^C';

or

> select "dept", "last", "first" from "employees" where "last" ~ '^C.*';

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