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]+$'); insert into t1 values('aab','^aa?b'); insert into t1 values('Baaan','^Ba*n'); insert into t1 values('aaa','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('qqq','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('bbb','qqq|aaa'); insert into t1 values('bbb','qqq'); insert into t1 values('aaa','aba'); insert into t1 values(null,'abc'); insert into t1 values('def',null); insert into t1 values(null,null); insert into t1 values('ghi','ghi['); select HIGH_PRIORITY s1 regexp s2 from t1; s1 regexp s2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 NULL NULL NULL NULL drop table t1; create table t1 (xxx char(128)); insert into t1 (xxx) values('this is a test of some long text to see what happens'); select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to '); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to s'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens select * from t1 where xxx regexp('is a test of some long text to se'); xxx this is a test of some long text to see what happens drop table t1; create table t1 (xxx char(128)); insert into t1 (xxx) values('this is some text: to test - out.reg exp (22/45)'); select * from t1 where xxx REGEXP '^this is some text: to test - out\\.reg exp [[(][0-9]+[/\\][0-9]+[])][ ]*$'; xxx this is some text: to test - out.reg exp (22/45) drop table t1;