Re: String Escaping in Pattern Matching

On Aug 27, 2007, at 5:29 PM, Matthew wrote:

> Hey gang,
>  I have three possible inputs:
>
>    18005551212
>    +18005551212
>    8005551212
>
> Right now I am using this to strip off the +, 1, or +1:
>
> INSERT INTO ... VALUES(SUBSTRING(usernumber FROM '^\\+?1?(.*)'));
>
> This works perfect but I get all of these in the log:
>
> WARNING:  nonstandard use of \\ in a string literal at character 181
>
> If I change to this as per the doc example right above the 9.7.3
> header
> on this page:
>   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/functions-matching.html
>
> SUBSTRING(usernumber FROM '^#+?1?(.*)' FOR '#')
>
> I get NULL inserted but no WARNING's.
>
> A point if the right direction would be appreciated.

Try

INSERT INTO ... VALUES(SUBSTRING(usernumber FROM E'^\\+?1?(.*)'));

Erik Jones

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