Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:10:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

> I was using this tool a while back when I was doing heavy regex work.
>
> https://www.regexbuddy.com/
>
> Keep in mind the native flavor of regex in PostgreSQL is TCL, not Perl.
>
> But I=E2=80=99d still say regexp is not the best solution here - unless=
 you
> encapsulate the logic in a function.  I suspect you=E2=80=99ll want to =
use this
> logic in more than just a single query and with a literal regexp you ha=
ve
> to rely on manual synchronization.  Note, you could combine the lookup
> table with regexes.  Though beware of ensure you don=E2=80=99t produce =
duplicate
> matches if you go that route.

David,

Thanks,

Rich