On Nov 14, 2007 7:53 AM, Abhijeet <abhijeetrathod262@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > regexp_replace() function in new version of PostgreSQL is giving error. > > I am trying to remove tags from string. > > I have tried following regex in & function: > > SELECT regexp_replace('<i>Abhijeet</b>', > '<(\s)*/?(?i:script|i|b|u|embed|object|a|frameset|frame|iframe|meta|link|style|table|th|td|tr|tbody|input|select|option|form|map|area|!--)(.|\n)*?>', > '\&\s'); > cc SELECT regexp_replace('<i>Abhijeet</b>', '< > */?(?i:script|i|b|u|embed|object|a|frameset|frame|iframe|meta|link|style|table|th|td|tr|tbody|input|select|option|form|map|area|!--)(.|\n)*?>', > '\& ' ); Both these try giving me error as follows: > > > WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal at character 42 > HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'. > WARNING: nonstandard use of escape in a string literal at character 192 > HINT: Use the escape string syntax for escapes, e.g., E'\r\n'. > ERROR: invalid regular expression: quantifier operand invalid can anyone > suggest me why is that error ocurring? I think PostgreSQL is telling what's happening in the hint there. Put an E in front of your strings if you're going to have escapes in them. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings