On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:41:54 +0100, Harald Fuchs wrote about [GENERAL]
regexp_replace puzzle:
[snip]
> SELECT val,
> regexp_replace(val,
> '^(.*\W)?(C\d{7}|[DI]\d{6}|S\d{10})(\W.*)?$',
> '\1' || '»\2«='|| sha224enc('\2') || '\3', 'i')
[snip]
>i.e. the first '\2' gets properly expanded by the second paren match,
>but the second '\2' doesn't get expanded.
The second instance of '\2' is first passed to sha224enc(), then that
function's result is passed to regexp_replace.
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Regards,
Dave [RLU #314465]
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