Regex Routines
You can use regex routines to search for patterns, manipulate text strings, and configure tracing.
Example data
Some examples for the regex functions use the tongue_twisters
table:
create table
tongue_twisters ( id
int, twister lvarchar );
The tongue_twisters table contains the following
data:
select id, twister
from tongue_twisters
order by id;
id 246
twister Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore. But if Sally sells sea
shells by the sea shore then where are the sea shells Sally sells?
id 278
twister Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
id 286
twister If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch
which watch?
id 301
twister Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy
wasn't very fuzzy, was he?
id 306
twister I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, and on that slitted sheet I sit.
id 313
twister Betty bought some bitter butter and it made her batter bitter, so
Betty bought some better butter to make her bitter batter better.
id 335
twister How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck
wood? A woodchuck could chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would
chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
id 361
twister She sells seashells on the seashore. The seashells she sells are
seashore seashells.