SQL SELECT Statement Regex Pattern

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Pattern Breakdown

Code Examples

const regex = /\bSELECT\b[\s\S]+?\bFROM\b\s+\w+/gi;
const test = "SELECT * FROM users";
console.log(regex.test(test)); // true

// Extract matches
const matches = test.match(regex);
console.log(matches);

import re

pattern = r'\bSELECT\b[\s\S]+?\bFROM\b\s+\w+'
test = "SELECT * FROM users"
match = re.findall(pattern, test, re.IGNORECASE)
print(match)  # Found!

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "regexp"
)

func main() {
    re := regexp.MustCompile(`\bSELECT\b[\s\S]+?\bFROM\b\s+\w+`)
    fmt.Println(re.MatchString("SELECT * FROM users")) // true
}

Common Use Cases

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About the SQL SELECT Statement Regex

Matches SQL SELECT queries extracting the table name from the FROM clause. Useful for query analysis and logging.

Regular expressions (regex) are powerful pattern matching tools used across virtually all programming languages. The sql select statement pattern is classified as intermediate difficulty in the code & programming category. This pattern is specifically designed for SQL.

When using this regex, always consider edge cases and test thoroughly with real-world data. Use the interactive tester above to validate the pattern against your specific inputs before deploying to production.

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