Count occurrences of pattern in string

["dario.ber@xxxxxxxxx" <dario.ber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I'm looking for a function to count the occurrences of a pattern in a 
string. E.g. something like:

fun_count_pattern('fooXblaX', 'X')

which would 
return 2 (I.e. pattern 'X' found 2 times in string 'fooXblaX').

I could write 
my own function for this (probably using plpython?) but I was wandering whether 
there is some function or combination of functions that I could use 'off-the-
shelf'.

Thanks very much

All the best

Dario

PS: I'm using PostgreSQL 8.3 on 
Windows XP.

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