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Add current substring regular expression syntax

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SQL:1999 had syntax

    SUBSTRING(text FROM pattern FOR escapechar)

but this was replaced in SQL:2003 by the more clear

    SUBSTRING(text SIMILAR pattern ESCAPE escapechar)

but this was never implemented in PostgreSQL.  This patch adds that
new syntax as an alternative in the parser, and updates documentation
and tests to indicate that this is the preferred alternative now.

Reviewed-by: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
Reviewed-by: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/a15db31c-d0f8-8ce0-9039-578a31758adb%402ndquadrant.com
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Peter Eisentraut
2020-06-29 11:04:42 +02:00
parent aafefb4dcb
commit 78c887679d
8 changed files with 77 additions and 34 deletions
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@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ SELECT substring('alphabet'::citext, 3, 2) = 'ph' AS t;
SELECT substring('Thomas'::citext from 2 for 3) = 'hom' AS t;
SELECT substring('Thomas'::citext from 2) = 'homas' AS t;
SELECT substring('Thomas'::citext from '...$') = 'mas' AS t;
SELECT substring('Thomas'::citext from '%#"o_a#"_' for '#') = 'oma' AS t;
SELECT substring('Thomas'::citext similar '%#"o_a#"_' escape '#') = 'oma' AS t;
SELECT trim(' trim '::citext) = 'trim' AS t;
SELECT trim('xxxxxtrimxxxx'::citext, 'x'::citext) = 'trim' AS t;