On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 6:56 AM Shaozhong SHI <shishaozh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> select form from mytable where form ~ > '^Canal$|^Drain$|^Foreshore$|^inlandRiver$|^Lake$|^lockOrFlightOfLocks$|^Marsh$|^Researvoir$|^Sea$|^tidalRiver$|^Transfer$' > You do not need to repeat the boundary metacharacters on each branch. You can assert their presence just once and then use parentheses to group the alternations. form ~ '^(?Canal|Drain|etc...)$' David J.
