> > > You need The SQL3 SIMILAR
> > > in this case pattern can involve additional special characters, not
> > > just % and _ as in LIKE,
> > TODO item changed to:
> > * add SIMILAR to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
>
> The annoying thing is that our regex "~" operators do all of this and
> more, but presumably don't have the right behavior for underscore and
> for percent. Should we look at the regex code and try to get it to be
> compatible (for v6.5...)?
Not sure.
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