Re: SIMILAR TO

Is this a TODO?

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Thomas Lockhart writes:
>
> > > SIMILAR TO doesn't implement the SQL standard, it's only a wrapper around
> > > the POSIX regexp matching, which is wrong. I thought someone wanted to
> > > fix that, but if it's not happening it should be removed.
> >
> > Please be specific on what you would consider correct. I'm not recalling
> > any details of past discussions so need some background.
>
> The pattern that should be accepted by SIMILAR TO (as defined in SQL99
> part 2 clause 8.6) and the POSIX regular expressions that it accepts now
> are not the same.
>
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> Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net
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