Re: [PHP-DB] PostgreSQL and Regular Expressions

2001-12-17 Thread GB Clark II

On Monday 17 December 2001 09:12, Joe Koenig wrote:
> I've been digging through the postgres docs and haven't found a way to
> use reg ex's in a query. Is there a simple way? Something similar to
> MySQL's RLIKE? I'm trying to select all records that start with a number
> [0-9]. Thanks,
>
> Joe
Take a look at postgresql's LIKE...:)

http://www7.us.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.1/user/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-LIKE

One advantage I've found for postgresql is that if you've got a standard SQL 
book (I like the two books "The Practical SQL Handbook" and "Practical SQL" 
by Bowman, et al), you can just about use them as is without having to resort
to hacking the SQL.  It is very rare for me to even have to modify the SQL I 
get out of these books.

GB

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[PHP-DB] PostgreSQL and Regular Expressions

2001-12-17 Thread Joe Koenig

I've been digging through the postgres docs and haven't found a way to
use reg ex's in a query. Is there a simple way? Something similar to
MySQL's RLIKE? I'm trying to select all records that start with a number
[0-9]. Thanks,

Joe

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