Re: Regular expressions or LIKE ? HELP needed !

A safe method that always works is simply to use a
character class, like:

select name block where code ~* 'lower [(]'

--- Holger Klawitter <lists@klawitter.de> wrote:
>
> > How to escape a "(" ??
>
> select name block where code ~* 'lower\\(';
>
> First, you have to escape the '(' in order to make
> regexps match the bracket
> instead of using it as a grouping operator.
>
> And then you have to escape the escape in order to
> get it passed to the regexp
> system (at least with psql).
>
> > select name from block where code ike
> '%lower(''%';
>
> Works for me in 7.2.1 (ike should be ilike). Which
> postgres version are you
> running?
>
> With kind regards / mit freundlichem Gru�
>     Holger Klawitter
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