Re: BUG #3645: regular expression back references seem broken

From: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh+pgsql(at)swapsimple(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #3645: regular expression back references seem broken
Date: 2007-10-02 08:07:05
Message-ID: 4701FC29.50609@swapsimple.com
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Eric Haszlakiewicz" <erh+pgsql(at)swapsimple(dot)com> writes:
>> I would expect this to return false:
>
>> template1=# select 'xyz' ~ E'^(.)\\1*$';
>> ?column?
>> ----------
>> t
>> (1 row)
>
> Seems to be a bug in the Tcl regexp library we use. It's already
> reported upstream:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1115587&group_id=10894&atid=110894
>
> regards, tom lane

er.. it's been languishing there for over 2 years. That doesn't sound
very promising for getting it fixed. :(

eric

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