Обсуждение: rejecting characters in a field
hi i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for example '*/^#'. How do i do this? -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.sourceforge.net ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க!
add check constraint with following pattern check(name !~ '[*/^#]') with regards, S.Gnanavel > -----Original Message----- > From: lawgon@thenilgiris.com > Sent: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:36:31 +0530 > To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org > Subject: [SQL] rejecting characters in a field > > hi > i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to > reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for > example '*/^#'. How do i do this? > -- > regards > kg > > http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon > tally ho! http://avsap.sourceforge.net > ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க! > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
am 09.06.2005, um 12:36:31 +0530 mailte Kenneth Gonsalves folgendes: > hi > i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to > reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for > example '*/^#'. How do i do this? With a RULE or a TRIGGER. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47212, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net=== Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe ===
On Jun 9, 2005, at 4:18 PM, Andreas Kretschmer wrote: > am 09.06.2005, um 12:36:31 +0530 mailte Kenneth Gonsalves folgendes: > >> hi >> i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to >> reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for >> example '*/^#'. How do i do this? >> > > With a RULE or a TRIGGER. Or a CHECK constraint on the column. Michael Glaesemann grzm myrealbox com
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 09:18:09 +0200, Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@despammed.com> wrote: > am 09.06.2005, um 12:36:31 +0530 mailte Kenneth Gonsalves folgendes: > > hi > > i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to > > reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for > > example '*/^#'. How do i do this? > > With a RULE or a TRIGGER. Using a check constraint would be better a better way to do this.
am 09.06.2005, um 3:29:15 -0500 mailte Bruno Wolff III folgendes: > On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 09:18:09 +0200, > Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@despammed.com> wrote: > > am 09.06.2005, um 12:36:31 +0530 mailte Kenneth Gonsalves folgendes: > > > hi > > > i have a table with a varchar field called 'name'. I want postgres to > > > reject any insert with characters defined as illegal characters, for > > > example '*/^#'. How do i do this? > > > > With a RULE or a TRIGGER. > > Using a check constraint would be better a better way to do this. Yes, okay. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47212, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net=== Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe ===