Re: SUBSTRING for a regular expression

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: btober(at)computer(dot)org
Cc: greg(at)turnstep(dot)com, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SUBSTRING for a regular expression
Date: 2004-07-10 04:03:23
Message-ID: 2542.1089432203@sss.pgh.pa.us
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<btober(at)computer(dot)org> writes:
>> Sounds like you may be using an older version of Pg than me. What
>> version are you running? Only that can tell us how limiting your regex
>> capabilitites are....

> Not that old (I think)!

> PostgreSQL 7.3.4 on i386-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC
> i386-redhat-linux-gc c (GCC) 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)

Nonetheless too old --- 7.4 contains an entirely new regex package.
The one in 7.3 is quite brain-dead compared to any modern regexes...

regards, tom lane

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