Re: Help with a not match

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Campbell, Lance" <lance(at)illinois(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Help with a not match
Date: 2018-11-09 18:17:04
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYbtcRfUy4iSOUqaJtnDOnAJ4vFW+wzrMgvev_r8yD-jg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 10:59 AM Campbell, Lance <lance(at)illinois(dot)edu> wrote:

> SELECT regexp_matches(content, '/(?!files/'||id||'/)(files/\d+/)/', 'g') FROM tablea
> I get no matches. My guess is I am close but slightly off on the syntax.

You have two forward slashes in a row at the end of the pattern:

( # capture
files/\d+/ #pattern, digits followed by slash, lead by files/
) # close capture
/ # another bracket - unlike Perl the // are not syntax but pattern

David J.

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