Re: Mixing greediness in regexp_matches

Tom Lane <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Dec 2019 11:16:58 -0500

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"Daniel Verite" <[email protected]> writes:
> FWIW, in plperl, there's a simple solution:
>  $string =~ s/(foobar|foo|...)/$replace{$1}/g

Well, our manual does suggest using plperl (or pltcl) when the
built-in pattern match functions aren't adequate ;-)

			regards, tom lane