Re: REGEXP_REPLACE woes

From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
To: "Leif B(dot) Kristensen" <leif(at)solumslekt(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: REGEXP_REPLACE woes
Date: 2008-06-10 13:41:53
Message-ID: 20080610134153.GB1944@winnie.fuhr.org
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 02:59:53PM +0200, Leif B. Kristensen wrote:
> So far, so good. But look here:
>
> pgslekt=> select link_expand('[p=123|John Smith] and [p=456|Jane Doe]');
> link_expand
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> <a href="./family.php?person=123">John Smith] and [p=456|Jane Doe</a>
> (1 row)
>
> Hey, I told it not to be greedy, didn't I?

Yes, but regexp_replace only replaces that part of the original
string that matches the regular expression -- the rest it leaves
alone.

--
Michael Fuhr

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