> On Thu, 19 Sep 2002, Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICS, getting SIMILAR TO to operate per spec would require adding some
>> sort of translation function that converts the spec-style pattern into
>> a Posix pattern that our regex match engine would handle.
I did something about this. The translation function probably needs
work (for one thing, it's not multibyte-aware) but it's a start; and
we shouldn't need any more initdbs to tweak it.
regards, tom lane