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REGEXP_MATCHES: extract all regex matches

The query

SQL
SELECT
  description,
  REGEXP_MATCHES(description, '\d+', 'g') AS numbers_found
FROM products;
Tested against PostgreSQL 16

Note

“REGEXP_MATCHES with 'g' returns a set of all matches. Returns arrays.

Tables referenced

  • products6 cols

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