On 1/25/22 09:35, Shaozhong SHI wrote:
How about adding null as an alteration.

Would this be robust?

Regards,

David

On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 14:25, David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote:

    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.


You would need to add form ~ 'expression' or form is null

And a body of held water is a reservoir (no 'a')

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