Re: Regular Expressions

Guy Fraser escreveu:
> On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 11:04 -0300, Ezequias R. da Rocha wrote:
>   
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I would like to know if postgresql has a Regular Expressions (Regex) 
>> implemented already.
>>
>> With it we could implement queries like
>>
>> Select * from myClientes where name = 'E[zs]equias'
>>
>>     
> Case Sensitive Regular Match ~
> Case Insensitive Regular Match ~*
> Negated Case Sensitive Regular Match !~
> Negated Case Insensitive Regular Match !~*
>
> Select * from myClientes where name ~ 'E[zs]equias'
>
>   
>> where the result occurs even if the field has Ezequias or Esequias.
>>
>> Regards
>> Ezequias
>>
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>>     
Great I am thinking of putting my like to rest. I felt it faster than 
"like" statement, have you any information about that ?

Ezequias