Re: [GENERAL] argument of AND must not return a set when using regexp_matches

2013-01-16 Thread Tom Lane
Robert James writes: > SELECT (regexp_matches('abc', '(.)b(.)'))[1] IS NOT NULL AND true > -- Gives this error: > ERROR: argument of AND must not return a set > SQL state: 42804 > Can anyone make heads or tails of it? Is it a real bug? Is there a work > around? It's not a bug: regexp_matches re

[GENERAL] argument of AND must not return a set when using regexp_matches

2013-01-16 Thread Robert James
I've been getting a funny SQL error, which I've boiled down to this case. SELECT (regexp_matches('abc', '(.)b(.)'))[1] IS NOT NULL -- Returns true, as expected SELECT (regexp_matches('abc', '(.)b(.)'))[1] IS NOT NULL AND true -- Gives this error: ERROR: argument of AND must not return a set SQL s