drop table if exists t1; create table t1 (s1 char(64),s2 char(64)); insert into t1 values('aaa','aaa'); insert into t1 values('aaa|qqq','qqq'); insert into t1 values('gheis','^[^a-dXYZ]+$'); insert into t1 values('aab','^aa?b'); insert into t1 values('Baaan','^Ba*n'); insert into t1 values('aaa','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('qqq','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('bbb','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('bbb','qqq'); insert into t1 values('aaa','aba'); insert into t1 values(null,'abc'); insert into t1 values('def',null); insert into t1 values(null,null); insert into t1 values('ghi','ghi['); select HIGH_PRIORITY s1 regexp s2 from t1; s1 regexp s2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 NULL NULL NULL NULL drop table t1; create table t1 (xxx char(128)); insert into t1 (xxx) values('this is a test of some long text to see what happens'); select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens explain extended select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to'); id select_type table type possible_keys key key_len ref rows Extra 1 SIMPLE t1 system NULL NULL NULL NULL 1 Warnings: Note 1003 select 'this is a test of some long text to see what happens' AS `xxx` from `test`.`t1` where ('this is a test of some long text to see what happens' regexp _latin1'is a test of some long text to') select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to '); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to s'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to se'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens drop table t1; create table t1 (xxx char(128)); insert into t1 (xxx) values('this is some text: to test - out.reg exp (22/45)'); select * from t1 where xxx REGEXP '^this is some text: to test - out\\.reg exp [[(][0-9]+[/\\][0-9]+[])][ ]*$'; xxx this is some text: to test - out.reg exp (22/45) drop table t1; select _latin1 0xFF regexp _latin1 '[[:lower:]]' COLLATE latin1_bin; _latin1 0xFF regexp _latin1 '[[:lower:]]' COLLATE latin1_bin 1 select _koi8r 0xFF regexp _koi8r '[[:lower:]]' COLLATE koi8r_bin; _koi8r 0xFF regexp _koi8r '[[:lower:]]' COLLATE koi8r_bin 0 select _latin1 0xFF regexp _latin1 '[[:upper:]]' COLLATE latin1_bin; _latin1 0xFF regexp _latin1 '[[:upper:]]' COLLATE latin1_bin 0 select _koi8r 0xFF regexp _koi8r '[[:upper:]]' COLLATE koi8r_bin; _koi8r 0xFF regexp _koi8r '[[:upper:]]' COLLATE koi8r_bin 1 select _latin1 0xF7 regexp _latin1 '[[:alpha:]]'; _latin1 0xF7 regexp _latin1 '[[:alpha:]]' 0 select _koi8r 0xF7 regexp _koi8r '[[:alpha:]]'; _koi8r 0xF7 regexp _koi8r '[[:alpha:]]' 1 select _latin1'a' regexp _latin1'A' collate latin1_general_ci; _latin1'a' regexp _latin1'A' collate latin1_general_ci 1 select _latin1'a' regexp _latin1'A' collate latin1_bin; _latin1'a' regexp _latin1'A' collate latin1_bin 0 create table t1 (a varchar(40)); insert into t1 values ('C1'),('C2'),('R1'),('C3'),('R2'),('R3'); prepare stmt1 from 'select a from t1 where a rlike ? order by a'; set @a="^C.*"; execute stmt1 using @a; a C1 C2 C3 set @a="^R.*"; execute stmt1 using @a; a R1 R2 R3 deallocate prepare stmt1; drop table t1;