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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Новая страница&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Asking for the presence of a &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;p&amp;quot;==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The &amp;quot;%&amp;quot; sign metacharacter matches zero, one, or more characters.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- create demo table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table myTable(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    id           NUMBER(2),&lt;br /&gt;
  3    value        VARCHAR(50)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(1,&amp;quot;1234 4th St. Vancouver&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(2,&amp;quot;4 Maple Ct. New York&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(3,&amp;quot;4321 Green Blvd. London&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(4,&amp;quot;33 Third St. Toronto&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(5,&amp;quot;One First Drive. Queen&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(6,&amp;quot;1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(7,&amp;quot;665 Fall Ave. Linken&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from mytable;&lt;br /&gt;
        ID VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
---------- --------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
         1 1234 4th St. Vancouver&lt;br /&gt;
         2 4 Maple Ct. New York&lt;br /&gt;
         3 4321 Green Blvd. London&lt;br /&gt;
         4 33 Third St. Toronto&lt;br /&gt;
         5 One First Drive. Queen&lt;br /&gt;
         6 1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&lt;br /&gt;
         7 665 Fall Ave. Linken&lt;br /&gt;
7 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT value&lt;br /&gt;
  2  FROM myTable&lt;br /&gt;
  3  WHERE value LIKE(&amp;quot;%g%&amp;quot;)OR value LIKE (&amp;quot;%p%&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
4 Maple Ct. New York&lt;br /&gt;
1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table myTable;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Asking for the presence of a &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;p&amp;quot; with REGEXP_LIKE==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The order of occurrence of [gp] or [pg] is irrelevant.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- create demo table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table myTable(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    id           NUMBER(2),&lt;br /&gt;
  3    value        VARCHAR(50)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  );&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(1,&amp;quot;1234 4th St. Vancouver&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(2,&amp;quot;4 Maple Ct. New York&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(3,&amp;quot;4321 Green Blvd. London&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(4,&amp;quot;33 Third St. Toronto&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(5,&amp;quot;One First Drive. Queen&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(6,&amp;quot;1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into myTable(id, value)values(7,&amp;quot;665 Fall Ave. Linken&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from mytable;&lt;br /&gt;
        ID VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
---------- --------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
         1 1234 4th St. Vancouver&lt;br /&gt;
         2 4 Maple Ct. New York&lt;br /&gt;
         3 4321 Green Blvd. London&lt;br /&gt;
         4 33 Third St. Toronto&lt;br /&gt;
         5 One First Drive. Queen&lt;br /&gt;
         6 1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&lt;br /&gt;
         7 665 Fall Ave. Linken&lt;br /&gt;
7 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT value&lt;br /&gt;
  2  FROM myTable&lt;br /&gt;
  3  WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(value,&amp;quot;[gp]&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
VALUE&lt;br /&gt;
--------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
4 Maple Ct. New York&lt;br /&gt;
1664 1/2 Springhill Ave&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table myTable;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Regexp_Like==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The complete function definition is:&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;REGEXP_LIKE(String to search, Pattern, [Parameters]),&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;where&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;String to search, Pattern, and Parameters are the same as for REGEXP_INSTR.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;As with REGEXP_INSTR, the Parameters argument is usually used only in special situations.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. REGEXP_LIKE&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 1. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/REGEXPLIKExpatternmatchoptionsearchsxfortheregularexpressionpattern.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;REGEXP_LIKE(x, pattern [, match_option]) searchs x for the regular expression pattern.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 2. &lt;br /&gt;
Regexp_Like&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 3. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/Askingforthepresenceofagorap.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asking for the presence of a &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;p&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 4. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/AskingforthepresenceofagorapwithREGEXPLIKE.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Asking for the presence of a &amp;quot;g&amp;quot; or a &amp;quot;p&amp;quot; with REGEXP_LIKE&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 5. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/RetrievesemployeeswhosefirstnamestartswithJorj.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Retrieves employees whose first name starts with J or j.&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 6. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/regexplikecommentsfazi.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot; f[a-z]* &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;i&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 7. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/regexplikecomments8.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([^ ]+ ){8,}&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
18. 3. 8. &lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;A href=&amp;quot;/Tutorial/Oracle/0360__Regular-Expressions-Functions/Usingregexplikecommentsalnumpunctspace8.htm&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Using regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([[:alnum:]+[:punct:]]+[[:space:]]+){8,}&amp;quot;)&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([^ ]+ ){8,}&amp;quot;)==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table history&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ( empno      NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  , beginyear  NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  , begindate  DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  5  , enddate    DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  6  , deptno     NUMBER(2)&lt;br /&gt;
  7  , msal       NUMBER(6,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  8  , comments   VARCHAR2(60)&lt;br /&gt;
  9  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (9,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-02&amp;quot;,40, 950,&amp;quot;history for 9&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (8,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-02&amp;quot;, NULL       ,20, 800,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1988,date &amp;quot;2000-01-06&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-07&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (6,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-07&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-12&amp;quot;,30,1300,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (5,1993,date &amp;quot;2000-01-12&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-10&amp;quot;,30,1500,&amp;quot;history for 5&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (4,1995,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-11&amp;quot;,30,1700,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (3,1999,date &amp;quot;2000-01-11&amp;quot;, NULL       ,30,1600,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (2,1986,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-08&amp;quot;,20,1000,&amp;quot;history for 2&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (1,1987,date &amp;quot;2000-01-08&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-01&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;history for 1&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-05-12&amp;quot;,30,1150,&amp;quot;history for 7&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select comments&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   history&lt;br /&gt;
  3  where  regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([^ ]+ ){8,}&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
no rows selected&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table history;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot; f[a-z]* &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;i&amp;quot;)==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table history&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ( empno      NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  , beginyear  NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  , begindate  DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  5  , enddate    DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  6  , deptno     NUMBER(2)&lt;br /&gt;
  7  , msal       NUMBER(6,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  8  , comments   VARCHAR2(60)&lt;br /&gt;
  9  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (9,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-02&amp;quot;,40, 950,&amp;quot;history for 9&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (8,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-02&amp;quot;, NULL       ,20, 800,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1988,date &amp;quot;2000-01-06&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-07&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (6,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-07&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-12&amp;quot;,30,1300,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (5,1993,date &amp;quot;2000-01-12&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-10&amp;quot;,30,1500,&amp;quot;history for 5&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (4,1995,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-11&amp;quot;,30,1700,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (3,1999,date &amp;quot;2000-01-11&amp;quot;, NULL       ,30,1600,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (2,1986,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-08&amp;quot;,20,1000,&amp;quot;history for 2&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (1,1987,date &amp;quot;2000-01-08&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-01&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;history for 1&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-05-12&amp;quot;,30,1150,&amp;quot;history for 7&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select regexp_replace(comments, &amp;quot; f[a-z]* &amp;quot;,&amp;quot; ? &amp;quot;,1,1,&amp;quot;i&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   history&lt;br /&gt;
  3  where  regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot; f[a-z]* &amp;quot;,&amp;quot;i&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
REGEXP_REPLACE(COMMENTS,&amp;quot;F[A-Z]*&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;?&amp;quot;,1,1,&amp;quot;I&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
history ? 9&lt;br /&gt;
history ? 5&lt;br /&gt;
history ? 2&lt;br /&gt;
history ? 1&lt;br /&gt;
history ? 7&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table history;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== REGEXP_LIKE(x, pattern [, match_option]) searchs x for the regular expression pattern.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;You can provide an optional match_option string to indicate the default matching.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;OL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;&amp;quot;c&amp;quot;, which specifies case sensitive matching (default).&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;&amp;quot;i&amp;quot;, which specifies case insensitive matching.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;&amp;quot;n&amp;quot;, which allows you to use the match-any-character operator.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;LI&amp;gt;&amp;quot;m&amp;quot;, which treats x as multiple line.&amp;lt;/LI&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/OL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The following example retrieves employees whose date of birth is between 1995 and 1998 using REGEXP_LIKE():&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- create demo table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table Employee(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  5    Start_Date         DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    End_Date           DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    Salary             Number(8,2),&lt;br /&gt;
  8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)&lt;br /&gt;
 10  )&lt;br /&gt;
 11  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- prepare data&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2               values (&amp;quot;01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Martin&amp;quot;,  to_date(&amp;quot;19960725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20060725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1234.56, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Programmer&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Mathews&amp;quot;, to_date(&amp;quot;19760321&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19860221&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6661.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19781212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19900315&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6544.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Rice&amp;quot;,    to_date(&amp;quot;19821024&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19990421&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2344.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19840115&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980808&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2334.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Green&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19870730&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19960104&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 4322.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;David&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Larry&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19901231&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 7897.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Cat&amp;quot;,     to_date(&amp;quot;19960917&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20020415&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1232.78,&amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- display data in the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT END_DATE      SALARY CITY       DESCRIPTION&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06    1234.56 Toronto    Programmer&lt;br /&gt;
02   Alison     Mathews    21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86    6661.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90    6544.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
04   Celia      Rice       24-OCT-82 21-APR-99    2344.78 Vancouver  Manager&lt;br /&gt;
05   Robert     Black      15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98    2334.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
06   Linda      Green      30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96    4322.78 New York   Tester&lt;br /&gt;
07   David      Larry      31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98    7897.78 New York   Manager&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96 15-APR-02    1232.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT id, first_name, last_name, start_date FROM employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(TO_CHAR(start_date, &amp;quot;YYYY&amp;quot;), &amp;quot;^199[5-8]$&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- ---------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- clean the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Retrieves employees whose first name starts with J or j.==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- create demo table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table Employee(&lt;br /&gt;
  2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,&lt;br /&gt;
  3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  5    Start_Date         DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  6    End_Date           DATE,&lt;br /&gt;
  7    Salary             Number(8,2),&lt;br /&gt;
  8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),&lt;br /&gt;
  9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)&lt;br /&gt;
 10  )&lt;br /&gt;
 11  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- prepare data&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2               values (&amp;quot;01&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Jason&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Martin&amp;quot;,  to_date(&amp;quot;19960725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20060725&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1234.56, &amp;quot;Toronto&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Programmer&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;02&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Alison&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Mathews&amp;quot;, to_date(&amp;quot;19760321&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19860221&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6661.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;03&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Smith&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19781212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19900315&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 6544.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;04&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Celia&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Rice&amp;quot;,    to_date(&amp;quot;19821024&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19990421&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2344.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary,  City,       Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;05&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Robert&amp;quot;,   &amp;quot;Black&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19840115&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980808&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 2334.78, &amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;06&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;Linda&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Green&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19870730&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19960104&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 4322.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;07&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;David&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Larry&amp;quot;,   to_date(&amp;quot;19901231&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;19980212&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 7897.78,&amp;quot;New York&amp;quot;,  &amp;quot;Manager&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into Employee(ID,  First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date,                     End_Date,                       Salary, City,        Description)&lt;br /&gt;
  2                values(&amp;quot;08&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;James&amp;quot;,    &amp;quot;Cat&amp;quot;,     to_date(&amp;quot;19960917&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), to_date(&amp;quot;20020415&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;YYYYMMDD&amp;quot;), 1232.78,&amp;quot;Vancouver&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tester&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  /&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- display data in the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select * from Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT END_DATE      SALARY CITY       DESCRIPTION&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06    1234.56 Toronto    Programmer&lt;br /&gt;
02   Alison     Mathews    21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86    6661.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90    6544.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
04   Celia      Rice       24-OCT-82 21-APR-99    2344.78 Vancouver  Manager&lt;br /&gt;
05   Robert     Black      15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98    2334.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
06   Linda      Green      30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96    4322.78 New York   Tester&lt;br /&gt;
07   David      Larry      31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98    7897.78 New York   Manager&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96 15-APR-02    1232.78 Vancouver  Tester&lt;br /&gt;
8 rows selected.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; SELECT id, first_name, last_name, start_date FROM employee WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(first_name, &amp;quot;^j&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;i&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- ---------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96&lt;br /&gt;
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; /&lt;br /&gt;
ID   FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME  START_DAT&lt;br /&gt;
---- ---------- ---------- ---------&lt;br /&gt;
01   Jason      Martin     25-JUL-96&lt;br /&gt;
03   James      Smith      12-DEC-78&lt;br /&gt;
08   James      Cat        17-SEP-96&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; -- clean the table&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table Employee&lt;br /&gt;
  2  /&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
    &lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Using regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([[:alnum:]+[:punct:]]+[[:space:]]+){8,}&amp;quot;)==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;lt;!-- start source code --&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
   &lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;lt;source lang=&amp;quot;sql&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; create table history&lt;br /&gt;
  2  ( empno      NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  3  , beginyear  NUMBER(4)&lt;br /&gt;
  4  , begindate  DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  5  , enddate    DATE&lt;br /&gt;
  6  , deptno     NUMBER(2)&lt;br /&gt;
  7  , msal       NUMBER(6,2)&lt;br /&gt;
  8  , comments   VARCHAR2(60)&lt;br /&gt;
  9  ) ;&lt;br /&gt;
Table created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (9,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-02&amp;quot;,40, 950,&amp;quot;history for 9&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (8,2000,date &amp;quot;2000-01-02&amp;quot;, NULL       ,20, 800,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1988,date &amp;quot;2000-01-06&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-07&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (6,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-07&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-12&amp;quot;,30,1300,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (5,1993,date &amp;quot;2000-01-12&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-10&amp;quot;,30,1500,&amp;quot;history for 5&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (4,1995,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-11&amp;quot;,30,1700,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (3,1999,date &amp;quot;2000-01-11&amp;quot;, NULL       ,30,1600,&amp;quot;&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (2,1986,date &amp;quot;2000-01-10&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-08&amp;quot;,20,1000,&amp;quot;history for 2&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (1,1987,date &amp;quot;2000-01-08&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-01-01&amp;quot;,30,1000,&amp;quot;history for 1&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; insert into history values (7,1989,date &amp;quot;2000-01-01&amp;quot;,date &amp;quot;2002-05-12&amp;quot;,30,1150,&amp;quot;history for 7&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
1 row created.&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; select comments&lt;br /&gt;
  2  from   history&lt;br /&gt;
  3  where  regexp_like(comments, &amp;quot;([[:alnum:]+[:punct:]]+[[:space:]]+){8,}&amp;quot;);&lt;br /&gt;
no rows selected&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
SQL&amp;gt; drop table history;&lt;br /&gt;
Table dropped.&amp;lt;/source&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Admin</name></author>	</entry>

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