From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200102071632.LAA10876@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: FAQ misinformation
In-Reply-To: <v04210103b6a63bffbf53@[63.114.138.100]> "from Keith Anderson at
	Feb 6, 2001 03:49:02 pm"
To: Keith Anderson <keith@jollygreen.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:32:22 -0500 (EST)
CC: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Sorry.  I tried to get it updated for 7.1 a little too early this time. 
Let me add a mention in the FAQ now.

> 
> In your FAQ on at 'http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq-english.html', 
> Question 4.13 refers to the ILIKE operator, which does NOT exist in 
> any current versions of PostgreSQL. According to the mailing list 
> archives, it is slated for inclusion in the 7.1 release - but to 
> include it in the FAQ before then is misleading (I just spent an hour 
> trying to get it to work!).
> 
> ----- Quote from the web page -----
> 4.13) How do I perform regular expression searches and 
> case-insensitive regular expression searches?
> 
> The ~ operator does regular expression matching, and ~* does 
> case-insensitive regular expression matching. The case-insensitive 
> variant of LIKE is called ILIKE.
> ----- End Quote -----
> 
> Thanks,
> Keith
> 
> PS - LOVE the software. Been using it since 95! Keep up the good work.
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