Edson Richter <edsonrichter@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I’m running the query below, and it is limiting results as if “regexp_matches” being in where clause. > IMHO, it is wrong: in case there is no match, shall return null or empty array – not remove the result from the set!!! Well, no, because regexp_matches() returns a set. If there's no match, there's zero rows in the set. The standard workaround is to use a scalar sub-select, which has the effect of converting a zero-row result into a NULL: select codigoocorrencia, datahoraocorrencia, datahoraimportacao, observacao, (select regexp_matches(observacao, '\d\d/\d\d/\d\d\d\d')) from ... As of v10 there will be a less confusing solution: use regexp_match() instead. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general