Re: Selecting all variations of job title in a list
Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Cc: "pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-11-26T16:10:54Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Wed, 26 Nov 2025, David G. Johnston wrote: > I was using this tool a while back when I was doing heavy regex work. > > https://www.regexbuddy.com/ > > Keep in mind the native flavor of regex in PostgreSQL is TCL, not Perl. > > But I’d still say regexp is not the best solution here - unless you > encapsulate the logic in a function. I suspect you’ll want to use this > logic in more than just a single query and with a literal regexp you have > to rely on manual synchronization. Note, you could combine the lookup > table with regexes. Though beware of ensure you don’t produce duplicate > matches if you go that route. David, Thanks, Rich