Re: regular expression question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Cc: David Ford <david+cert(at)blue-labs(dot)org>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)atentus(dot)com>, Parker Thompson <parkert(at)u(dot)washington(dot)edu>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: regular expression question
Date: 2002-06-18 14:01:25
Message-ID: 25835.1024408885@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> writes:
> I must admit that perl has some nice regex extensions and it would be nice
> if postgres could use them (via libpcre). Then you could use \b, \s, \w,
> etc.

If you want perl-style regexps, write yourself a one-liner plperl
function. End of problem...

regards, tom lane

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