2012/11/27 Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>:
> Pavel Stehule, 27.11.2012 13:26:
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>>> My question is: why I cannot use regexp_matches() in the WHERE clause,
>>> even
>>> when the result is clearly an integer value?
>>>
>>
>> use a ~ operator instead
>>
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> So that means, regexp_matches cannot be used as an expression in the WHERE
should not be used - it is designed to return matched values, no for
returning true or false,
you can do some obscure
postgres=# select * from o where array(select
(regexp_matches(a,'ne'))[1]) <> '{}'::text[]; a
--------zdenek
(1 row)
but it is not recommended.
Regards
Pavel
> clause?
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> Regards
> Thomas
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