Re: repetition-operator operand invalid

2005-05-11 Thread Gleb Paharenko
parsing MySQL does with REGEXP's? In some instances, I get emtpy result set where I used to get a match, and in other instances, I get a 'repetition-operator operand invalid'. Is there a simple way I can prevent errors from a search string that contains ^*$ or other sensitive expression

repetition-operator operand invalid

2005-05-10 Thread Scott Klarenbach
until I upgraded. Is it to do with the double parsing MySQL does with REGEXP's? In some instances, I get emtpy result set where I used to get a match, and in other instances, I get a 'repetition-operator operand invalid'. Is there a simple way I can prevent errors from a search string

repetition-operator operand invalid error?

2001-07-04 Thread Chris Petersen
I recently started getting this error from a query: Got error 'repetition-operator operand invalid' from regexp (SELECT id, IF(parents LIKE '_%',CONCAT(parents,' name),name) AS name, usergrp FROM Categories WHERE id 10 AND id AND parents NOT RLIKE '^\* New Category \*(|$)' ORDER