An example being discussed on the jdbc list led me to try this:
regression=# create table a$b$c (f1 int);
CREATE TABLE
regression=# \d a$b$c
Did not find any relation named a$b$c.
It works if you use quotes:
regression=# \d a$b$c
Table public.a$b$c
Column | Type | Modifiers
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now, because we surround the pattern with ^...$ anyway, I can't offhand
see a use-case for putting $ with its regexp meaning into the pattern.
It's possible to still usefully use $ in the regexp, but it's existence at the
end means there should always be a
Gregory Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Incidentally, are these really regexps? I always thought they were globs.
They're regexps under the hood, but we treat . as a schema separator
and translate * to .*, which makes it look like mostly a glob scheme.
But you can make use of brackets, |, +,
On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 07:04:27PM +0100, Gregory Stark wrote:
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now, because we surround the pattern with ^...$ anyway, I can't offhand
see a use-case for putting $ with its regexp meaning into the pattern.
It's possible to still usefully use $ in the
Jim C. Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Unless you're doing muti-line regex, what's the point of a $ anywhere
but the end of the expression? Am I missing something? Likewise with ^.
Leaving out the backslashes, you can do things like (foo$|baz|qux)(baz|qux|)
to say that all 9 combinations of
