On 02/24/2011 10:25 AM, Gauthier, Dave wrote:
select 'abc.def[0]' ~ E'^[a-zA-Z0-9_\.\[\]]+$';
Try:
E'^[a-zA-Z0-9._\\[\\]]+$'
The "outer" level of parsing turns that into '^[a-zA-Z0-9._\[\]]+$' which is the regex you want. Also, I'm *pretty sure* you don't need to escape the '.' within a character class.
Cheers,
Steve