Robert James <srobertjames@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> SELECT (regexp_matches('abc', '(.)b(.)'))[1] IS NOT NULL AND true
> -- Gives this error:
> ERROR: argument of AND must not return a set
> SQL state: 42804
> Can anyone make heads or tails of it? Is it a real bug? Is there a work around?
It's not a bug: regexp_matches returns a set of rows, not a scalar
result.
You might want to stick it into a sub-select as per the trick suggested
in the manual - then you get a NULL rather than zero rows when there's
no match. (Or, in the particular example at hand, it's not very clear
why you're using regexp_matches at all and not a plain old ~ operator.)
regards, tom lane
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