"scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> writes:
> It certainly seems to work in Postgresql 7.4 beta 4:
>
> create table test2 (info text);
> CREATE TABLE
> insert into test2 values ('ab');
> INSERT 109169538 1
> insert into test2 values ('abc');
> INSERT 109169539 1
>
> marl8412=# select * from test2 where info ~ '^[a-z]{2}$';
> info
> ------
> ab
>
> Or was there more to that message I wasn't getting?
He was trying to use '[a-z]{2,2}', which doesn't work in PostgreSQL.
Regards,
Manuel.