> > * add SIMILAR to allow character classes, 'pg_[a-c]%'
> So are we going to add the character class support to LIKE or SIMILAR
> or both? Just looking for clarification. Or are we going to use the
> regex code for both?
I would expect us to stay compatible with the standard for LIKE, and
perhaps have a superset of the SQL3 (draft) standard for SIMILAR. I'd
expect it to be a candidate for v6.5, or perhaps for v6.4.x.
But I'm not doing the work, and whoever does has a much stronger vote :)
- Tom