Regex enhancements

[Philippe Maupoil]

Hi,

I extensively use the "find and replace" option while coding.
I noticed that the regex utility is quite poor and as a result, I have to use a proper text editor to carry out quite simple find-and-replace operations using regular expressions.

First point:
The most striking gap in pl/sql developer is the inability to refer sub-expressions in the "replace" section.
I had a look in the forum database and that issue has been pointed out quite a few times in the past few years. Each time, a comment has been written saying that the request has been added to the list of enhancements.
It has been nearly four years since the first request. Is that enhancement such a low priority? I am pretty sure many users are frustrated to keep switching applications for such elementary tasks.
Have you got any plan to release it in a near future?

Second point: I cannot do searches on more than 1 line. I tried to include in my pattern \r and/or \n in all combinations and/or appended by $ but it never seems to work. Any idea?

Thanks,

 

[Marco Kalter]

There are indeed some regex restrictions. We'll look into this for the next release, which will have a new SQL and PL/SQL editor anyway.

 

[vllr]

Regular question - when is your next release planned? Just curious... Thanks!

 

[Aviga]

Hello,

I tried to prefix some lines (with "@@") using "^" in the search field but no line was found!
Using "^" works though.

Thanks