TABLENAME id Candidate pattern ------------------------- 1 0089258068520 2 008925806852 3 00892580685 4 0089258068 5 008925806 6 00892580 7 0089258 8 008925 9 00892 10 0089 11 008 12 00 13 0 PATTERN ------- 0089257000000 QUESTION -------- Pls let me know which is the best way to match the following pattern against this table and Receive id = 8 that is the longest matching pattern from left to right. BR, Sakellarios Dimitris. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general