Re: regexp_matches bug in 9.3.4 and 9.4.1

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeff Certain <gcertain(at)dynamicsignal(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: regexp_matches bug in 9.3.4 and 9.4.1
Date: 2015-05-04 22:59:30
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYgDGqWGci2tDhYXfmkR3gZHQsTYt7F8Sbk=FhJDTvGLw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Jeff Certain <gcertain(at)dynamicsignal(dot)com>
wrote:

> Thanks for the quick response.
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> From my end of things, I would expect either a) an exception; b) 3
> matches; or c) 0 matches. The current behavior (returning one match and
> ignoring the global flag) strikes me as being misleading and challenging to
> debug.
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​Unless someone tries to argue that this is not a bug the solution will be
"b) 3 matches". I stopped where I did because I'm not a -hacker.

David J.

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