LC, SQLite and REGEXP

[Kay C Lan]

Thanks Mike, I guess Valentina Studio must include that function
automatically because I certainly didn't add it. Thankfully I've been able
to implement a work around, not as powerful as regex, but it works.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:38 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> You have to create a user function for it to work. REGEXP is there in
> sqlite, but all it does is refer to a function you create.
> From this page:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5071601/how-do-i-use-regex-in-a-sqlite-query
>
> is this.  If you can figure out how to execute this with revexecutesql
> after opening the db, you can then most likely use REGEXP.  The error
> pretty much confirms this is the case.
>
> $pdo->sqliteCreateFunction('regexp',
>     function ($pattern, $data, $delimiter = '~', $modifiers = 'isuS')
>     {
>         if (isset($pattern, $data) === true)
>         {
>             return (preg_match(sprintf('%1$s%2$s%1$s%3$s', $delimiter,
> $pattern, $modifiers), $data) > 0);
>         }
>
>         return null;
>     });
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:22 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > OK, SQLite DB in Valentina Studio I test the following:
> >
> > SELECT something FROM aTable WHERE anotherThing REGEX '[acdehkiouBW]{4,6}
> > Test'
> >
> > works fine, I get the data I'm looking for. Same SQLite DB accessed via
> LC,
> > selecting and updating all sorts of tables and columns, no problem until
> I
> > run the above statement. The result is:
> >
> > revdberr,Database Error: no such function: REGEXP
> >
> > Any clues?
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