RE: Regular Expressions in 9i

From: Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 09:40:12 +0000
Message-Id: <s0220f89.023@bristol21.bristol.ac>

Given that I submitted the owa_pattern solution tested I'm not sure I want =
to point people at this but nevertheless the speed drawback is well illustr=
ated here http://www.psoug.org/sql_fun.html. The problem set was to validat=

e US phone numbers in as few lines of code as possible.=20

Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission
+44 117 975 7805=20

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From: Stefan.Jahnke_at_bov.de=20
Sent: 05 February 2004 08:59
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org; Stefan.Jahnke_at_bov.de Subject: AW: Regular Expressions in 9i

I think Jonathan already commented on that, but I would have to add =3D that
OWA_PATTERN is horribly slow.
I wrote a package generator (generates files using UTL_FILE) using =3D patterns,
and I have to say, compared=3D20
to Perl regex, it's pure pain.

Stefan

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Von: Jonathan Gennick [mailto:jonathan_at_gennick.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 5. Februar 2004 06:16 An: Mercadante, Thomas F
Betreff: Re: Regular Expressions in 9i

Wednesday, February 4, 2004, 12:29:36 PM, Mercadante, Thomas F (thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us) wrote: MTF> PS - Jonathan - your article in the Sept./Oct. Oracle Magazine =3D looks
great!
MTF> I'm using it as a guide!

Hey, thanks for that. Good feedback is, well, always good.

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@gennick.com

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