Hi... I'm dealing with a regular expression in a check constraint for
many days i'm stuck with this...
what I'm doing is adding a check to an existing table on a field called
codigoex1 (varchar(9) )
check (codigoex1 ~* '[a-z]{2,2}')
and I can't get it to work!
I want to validate only input d
Matias Surdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi... I'm dealing with a regular expression in a check constraint for many
> days i'm stuck with this...
>
> what I'm doing is adding a check to an existing table on a field called
> codigoex1 (varchar(9) )
>
> check (codigoex1 ~* '[a-z]{2,2}')
>
>
Matias Surdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Manuel Sugawara wrote:
> >Use something like '^[a-z]{2}$'
>
> so, is this a bug
No it is not. The sintax you are using is not supported.
Regards,
Manuel.
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On 24 Oct 2003, Manuel Sugawara wrote:
> Matias Surdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Manuel Sugawara wrote:
> > >Use something like '^[a-z]{2}$'
> >
> > so, is this a bug
>
> No it is not. The sintax you are using is not supported.
It certainly seems to work in Postgresql 7.4 beta 4:
c
"scott.marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It certainly seems to work in Postgresql 7.4 beta 4:
>
> create table test2 (info text);
> CREATE TABLE
> insert into test2 values ('ab');
> INSERT 109169538 1
> insert into test2 values ('abc');
> INSERT 109169539 1
>
> marl8412=# select * from test
On 24 Oct 2003, Manuel Sugawara wrote:
> "scott.marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > It certainly seems to work in Postgresql 7.4 beta 4:
> >
> > create table test2 (info text);
> > CREATE TABLE
> > insert into test2 values ('ab');
> > INSERT 109169538 1
> > insert into test2 values ('abc'
7.4 uses a completely new regex engine, so comparisons
with that will not be valid anyway.
Pre-7.4 regex behaviour is all documented:
Users Guide -> Functions & Operators -> Pattern
Matching
--- "scott.marlowe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2003, Manuel Sugawara wrote:
>
> > Matias Surdi
