Re: regexp_replace 'g' flag

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: regexp_replace 'g' flag
Date: 2013-09-06 00:51:02
Message-ID: 20130906005102.GG27195@momjian.us
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On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 08:37:44PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Why doesn't the 'g' flag appear in this table?
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/functions-matching.html#POSIX-EMBEDDED-OPTIONS-TABLE
>
> I see text here that says:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/static/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP
> Other supported flags are described in Table 9-19.
>
> Seems 'g' should appear there too.

Is it because the table has generic pattern modififers and 'g' only is
relevant for regexp_replace? I assume so.

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