On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 02:16:51AM -0500, Josh Jore wrote:
> So I've finished reading Jeffery Friedl's _Mastering Regular Expressions_
> and while I don't need regex in PostgreSQL I know I'll do it for something
> - eventually. The book makes a distinction between DFA, POSIX NFA and
> Traditional NFA and then ascribes some properties and behaviours to each.
> So what sort does PostgreSQL have?
Regex in PostgreSQL code:
Copyright (c) 1992, 1993, 1994 Henry Spencer.
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I think it's:
POSIX 1003.2, section 2.8 (Regular Expression Notation)
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