jian he <jian.universal...@gmail.com> writes:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-SIMILARTO-REGEXP
> """
> or as a plain three-argument function:
> substring(string, pattern, escape-character)
> """
> but here "escape-character" is optional.
> substring(string, pattern [,escape-character])
> would be more accurate.
No, the text is correct as written. substring(text, text) is a
completely different function that implements POSIX regular
expressions, not SQL regular expressions. It's described in
the next section (9.7.3). For example,
regression=# select substring('foobar', 'o.b');
substring
-----------
oob
(1 row)
regression=# select substring('foobar', 'o.b', '');
substring
-----------
(1 row)
because '.' is a metacharacter in POSIX but not SQL regexps.
regards, tom lane
