Brandon Craig Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As the documentation leads me to expect, my Postgresql 7.4
> installation produces:
> select substring('Bar, Foo' FROM '.') -> 'B'
> but even though my regex_flavor = advanced,
> select substring('Bar, Foo' FROM '\\w') -> NULL
> select substring('Bar, Foo' FROM '***:\\w') -> NULL
> whereas I expect these to produce 'B' as well. What am I missing?
[ scratches head... ] It works for me.
regression=# select substring('Bar, Foo' FROM '\\w');
substring
-----------
B
(1 row)
regression=# select substring('Bar, Foo' FROM '***:\\w');
substring
-----------
B
(1 row)
What locale and encoding are you using?
regards, tom lane
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