it really doesnt matter ;)

(.*?)    "remember up to everything optionalally"
(.*)?    "optionally remember up to everything"
(.*)     "remember nothing up to everything"
(.+)?    "optionally remember something up to everything"
(.+?)    "remember something to everything or nothing"


-chris


>Maybe :OD
>
>I was after the lazy version. So would that be .*? or (.*)? or both or
>neither?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: 07 March 2005 16:57
>To: RegEx
>Subject: Re: Finding queries that use a certain table
>
>
>I think maybe you meant (.*?).
>(.*)? works out exactly the same as (.*) without the ?.
>Hence my confusion.  XD
>
>Adrian Lynch wrote:

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