Re: SIMILAR TO

Rommel the iCeMAn <icecrew@gmail.com> writes:
> I use the following code to detect alphanumeric strings:

> IF _my_variable SIMILAR TO '^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$' THEN
> � � � � // do stuff here
> END IF;

> In pg8.4 this worked perfectly. I upgraded to pg9.0 and it no longer
> works. From the release notes it appears that the behavior of SIMILAR
> TO has changed in pg9.0. My question is, how do I modify my code so
> that it works in 9.0?

Drop the ^ and $; they are incorrect for SIMILAR TO.
        regards, tom lane