EJBQL/MySQL Regexes and IN
Question
I have a list of Regexes and want to return those rows with a field which passes any regex. Is there anyway to something like the following:
SELECT * FROM Foo as f WHERE f.bar IN ("regex1","regex2");
It doesn't look like Regexes are possible at all in EJBQL so I'm guessing I have to use a native (MySQL) query.
Solution
Why not combine the regexes into one?
"(?:" + regex1 + ")|(?:" + regex2 + ")"
So if regex1 = "^.*foo(.*)bar"
and regex2 = "baz(.*)frob$"
, you'd get
(?:^.*foo(.*)bar)|(?:baz(.*)frob$)
OTHER TIPS
No, this is not possible. At least not the way you think it is.
Do this instead: Insert the regexes as rows into a table. Then query
SELECT
*
FROM
Foo AS f
INNER JOIN Regexes AS re ON f.bar REGEXP re.pattern
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