Re: Regex help again (sorry, I am bad at these)

[Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

First, even though it may or may not apply in this instance, it is ALWAYS a good idea (and good manners) to provide the PostgreSQL version and your O/S when posting to this board.

I have also previously replied that the following should work:

UPDATE pcilms_assign
   SET intro = REPLACE (intro, 'HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf', '&file=HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf')
 WHERE intro like 'https://owncloud.porterchester.edu%'
        AND course=18 and id=55413;

NOTE: DO NOT use % in front of 'https:  It is not needed and will slow query performance.

Your mileage may vary because you have not stated your VERSION of PostgreSQL or your O/S.

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Christopher Molnar <cmolnar65@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello all!

Sorry to have to ask the experts here for some regex assistance again. I am admittadly awful with these and could use some help.

Have the following string (this is an example) that needs to be changed. Need to use a search and replace because the links across over 200K records are similar but not the same.

'<p>Complete the attached lab and submit via dropbox</p>\r<p><a href="" href="https://owncloud.porterchester.edu/HVACR/PCI_GasHeat/GasElectrical/HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf" target="_blank">https://owncloud.porterchester.edu/HVACR/PCI_GasHeat/GasElectrical/HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf" title="Lab 13A">Lab 13A<\a>'

Need the final string to separate the "LAB_13A.pdf" from the rest of the URL by inserting a "&file=" in front of it. The final string should look like:

'<p>Complete the attached lab and submit via dropbox</p>\r<p><a href="" href="https://owncloud.porterchester.edu/HVACR/PCI_GasHeat/GasElectrical/&file=HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf" target="_blank">https://owncloud.porterchester.edu/HVACR/PCI_GasHeat/GasElectrical/&file=HVACR1114_LAB_13A.pdf" title="Lab 13A">Lab 13A<\a>'

I have tried something like:

 update pcilms_assign set intro=regexp_replace(intro, '/([^/]*)\" title=$', '&files=\1') where intro like '%https://owncloud.porterchester.edu%' and course=18 and id=55413;

and the result puts the &file= in the wrong place (at the end of the whole string).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

-Chris

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