Re: [Exist-open] New range index and matches()

[Alasdair D. <ala...@gm...>]

Hi Andreas,

As Wolfgang said, range:match will work.I use them in one of my functions,
and it works really well and it is quick.

Alasdair

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 9:35 PM Wolfgang Meier <wol...@ex...>
wrote:

> Dear Andreas,
>
> > Now, reading up on the ("new") range index, the page
> https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/newrangeindex says "fn:matches is
> currently not supported due to limitations in Lucene's regular expression
> handling. If you require fn:matches a lot, consider using the old range
> index." Is this still the case?
>
> Yes, but you could try the special function range:matches instead of
> fn:matches and see if it works for you. It supports only a subset, but in
> your case, this might be sufficient?
>
> Best,
>
> Wolfgang
>
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