Fix conversion of SIMILAR TO regexes for character classes

The code that translates SIMILAR TO pattern matching expressions to
POSIX-style regular expressions did not consider that square brackets
can be nested.  For example, in an expression like [[:alpha:]%_], the
logic replaced the placeholders '_' and '%' but it should not.

This commit fixes the conversion logic by tracking the nesting level of
square brackets marking character class areas, while considering that
in expressions like []] or [^]] the first closing square bracket is a
regular character.  Multiple tests are added to show how the conversions
should or should not apply applied while in a character class area, with
specific cases added for all the characters converted outside character
classes like an opening parenthesis '(', dollar sign '$', etc.

Author: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/16ab039d1af455652bdf4173402ddda145f2c73b.camel@cybertec.at
Backpatch-through: 13

2 files changed, 82 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
index 99b0eb3f688..8d4ba17628f 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
@@ -564,6 +564,68 @@ SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd%' ESCAPE NULL AS null;
 SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd#%' ESCAPE '##' AS error;
 ERROR:  invalid escape string
 HINT:  Escape string must be empty or one character.
+-- Characters that should be left alone in character classes when a
+-- SIMILAR TO regexp pattern is converted to POSIX style.
+-- Underscore "_"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '_[_[:alpha:]_]_';
+                   QUERY PLAN                   
+------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:.[_[:alpha:]_].)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Percentage "%"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '%[%[:alnum:]%]%';
+                    QUERY PLAN                    
+--------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:.*[%[:alnum:]%].*)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Dot "."
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '.[.[:alnum:].].';
+                    QUERY PLAN                    
+--------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:\.[.[:alnum:].]\.)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Dollar "$"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '$[$[:alnum:]$]$';
+                    QUERY PLAN                    
+--------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:\$[$[:alnum:]$]\$)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Opening parenthesis "("
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '([([:alnum:](](';
+ERROR:  invalid regular expression: parentheses () not balanced
+-- Caret "^"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '^[^[:alnum:]^[^^][[^^]][\^][[\^]]\^]^';
+                               QUERY PLAN                               
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:\^[^[:alnum:]^[^^][[^^]][\^][[\^]]\^]\^)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Closing square bracket "]" at the beginning of character class
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '[]%][^]%][^%]%';
+                   QUERY PLAN                   
+------------------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:[]%][^]%][^%].*)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
+-- Closing square bracket effective after two carets at the beginning
+-- of character class.
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '[^^]^';
+              QUERY PLAN               
+---------------------------------------
+ Seq Scan on text_tbl
+   Filter: (f1 ~ '^(?:[^^]\^)$'::text)
+(2 rows)
+
 -- Test back reference in regexp_replace
 SELECT regexp_replace('1112223333', E'(\\d{3})(\\d{3})(\\d{4})', E'(\\1) \\2-\\3');
  regexp_replace 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
index 63ddce67c54..190d6c110f6 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ SELECT 'abcd\efg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd\%' ESCAPE '' AS true;
 SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd%' ESCAPE NULL AS null;
 SELECT 'abcdefg' SIMILAR TO '_bcd#%' ESCAPE '##' AS error;
 
+-- Characters that should be left alone in character classes when a
+-- SIMILAR TO regexp pattern is converted to POSIX style.
+-- Underscore "_"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '_[_[:alpha:]_]_';
+-- Percentage "%"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '%[%[:alnum:]%]%';
+-- Dot "."
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '.[.[:alnum:].].';
+-- Dollar "$"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '$[$[:alnum:]$]$';
+-- Opening parenthesis "("
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '([([:alnum:](](';
+-- Caret "^"
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '^[^[:alnum:]^[^^][[^^]][\^][[\^]]\^]^';
+-- Closing square bracket "]" at the beginning of character class
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '[]%][^]%][^%]%';
+-- Closing square bracket effective after two carets at the beginning
+-- of character class.
+EXPLAIN (COSTS OFF) SELECT * FROM TEXT_TBL WHERE f1 SIMILAR TO '[^^]^';
+
 -- Test back reference in regexp_replace
 SELECT regexp_replace('1112223333', E'(\\d{3})(\\d{3})(\\d{4})', E'(\\1) \\2-\\3');
 SELECT regexp_replace('AAA   BBB   CCC   ', E'\\s+', ' ', 'g');