Re: psql/pg_dump vs. dollar signs in identifiers

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql/pg_dump vs. dollar signs in identifiers
Date: 2007-07-09 18:21:32
Message-ID: 25112.1184005292@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Incidentally, are these really regexps? I always thought they were globs.

They're regexps under the hood, but we treat . as a schema separator
and translate * to .*, which makes it look like mostly a glob scheme.
But you can make use of brackets, |, +, ...

regards, tom lane

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