Re: regular expression question

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: regular expression question
Date: 2003-06-04 19:56:11
Message-ID: 20030604195611.GD40542@flake.decibel.org
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First, I'd suggest using the SQL99 SIMILAR functionality, since it's
more portable.

select '028-381, 283-183' similar to '[0-9|, -]+';
t

{0,10} isn't supported, but you'd be best doing that just by defining
the field to only be 10 characters. If that's not an option,
char_length(field) <= 10 should also work.

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 12:10:18AM +0530, Joel Rodrigues wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to write a check on a column restricting the data to
> numerals from 0-9, commas, dashes '-' and single spaces. To allow the
> entry of something like "134-140, 310-312".
>
> I seem to have got everything but the single spaces.
>
> '^[0-9|,-]{0,10}$'
>
>
> Hope you can help !
>
> Cheers,
> Joel
>

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