Re: [GENERAL] Regular expression in an if-statement will not work

2010-09-09 Thread Ungermann Carsten
\u0030-\u0039]{1,3}$'. The second mistake I made with the escaping of characters. In my case four "\" are needed to write a regular expression with "\d". So '^d{1,3}$' works correct. Thanks to all who gives me new ideas to solve the problem and kind regards, Ca

Re: [GENERAL] Regular expression in an if-statement will not work

2010-09-09 Thread Ungermann Carsten
regards Carsten Ungermann Am 09.09.2010 um 15:44 schrieb Szymon Guz: > > > On 9 September 2010 12:55, Ungermann Carsten > wrote: > Dear postgres list, > > I need to verify the value of a column by a regular expression in an > if-statement before insert or update. It

[GENERAL] Regular expression in an if-statement will not work

2010-09-09 Thread Ungermann Carsten
Dear postgres list, I need to verify the value of a column by a regular expression in an if-statement before insert or update. It should be a one to three digit value. I wrote a trigger and a trigger function. In the trigger function I want to use the following if-statement to verify the value: