From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SIMILAR TO
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 10:30:14 -0400
Message-ID: <6862.1287239414@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew@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
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