X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7F93A5443 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:18:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 95431-04 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:18:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7DD03A53C8 for ; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 20:18:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j09KI12a029188; Sun, 9 Jan 2005 15:18:01 -0500 (EST) To: Kenneth Tanzer Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Regexp matching: bug or operator error? In-reply-to: <41A7ADA8.5080205@desc.org> References: <41A3C6C6.2090605@desc.org> <1713.1101254499@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1846.1101255318@sss.pgh.pa.us> <41A4CAA5.2040908@desc.org> <22644.1101340967@sss.pgh.pa.us> <41A7ADA8.5080205@desc.org> Comments: In-reply-to Kenneth Tanzer message dated "Fri, 26 Nov 2004 14:26:48 -0800" Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:18:00 -0500 Message-ID: <29187.1105301880@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.004 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200501/309 X-Sequence-Number: 71258 Kenneth Tanzer writes: > OK. I've been trying to get my mind around this, and think about ways > to improve the documentation (more about that below). I finally got around to revising the regex docs on the basis of this discussion: see patch at http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml or the finished text at http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/sgml/functions-matching.html#POSIX-MATCHING-RULES Let me know if you have suggestions for further improvements. regards, tom lane