On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM Dominique Devienne <ddevienne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM Dominique Devienne <ddevienne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So I don't see how my `... where v similar to 'foo[\d\w]_%'` is incorrect.
> So again, is this a bug / regression or not? Thanks, --DD
If I use (x|y) instead of [xy] it seems to behave correctly.
Whether x is the full-length POSIX class, or the shorthand notation.
This DOES look like a bug, no? I've done regexes for a long time,
and these two forms should be equivalent IMHO. --DD
postgres=# show server_version;
server_version
----------------
18rc1
(1 row)
postgres=# with t(v) as (values ('foo:bar'), ('foo/bar'), ('foo0bar'))
select v from t where v similar to 'foo[\d\w]_%';
v
---
(0 rows)
postgres=# with t(v) as (values ('foo:bar'), ('foo/bar'), ('foo0bar'))
select v from t where v similar to 'foo[[[:digit:]][[:word:]]]_%';
v
---
(0 rows)
postgres=# with t(v) as (values ('foo:bar'), ('foo/bar'), ('foo0bar'))
select v from t where v similar to 'foo([[:digit:]]|[[:word:]])_%';
v
---------
foo0bar
(1 row)
postgres=# with t(v) as (values ('foo:bar'), ('foo/bar'), ('foo0bar'))
select v from t where v similar to 'foo(\d|\w)_%';
v
---------
foo0bar
(1 row)
