Thank you very much. I figured it was something simple but I am not proficient at regular expressions. Thanks again.
-----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us] Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 10:30 AM To: Rommel the iCeMAn Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [SQL] SIMILAR TO Rommel the iCeMAn <icec...@gmail.com> writes: > I use the following code to detect alphanumeric strings: > IF _my_variable SIMILAR TO '^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$' THEN > // do stuff here > END IF; > In pg8.4 this worked perfectly. I upgraded to pg9.0 and it no longer > works. From the release notes it appears that the behavior of SIMILAR > TO has changed in pg9.0. My question is, how do I modify my code so > that it works in 9.0? Drop the ^ and $; they are incorrect for SIMILAR TO. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
