How can I create a constraint to check if an email is valid in postgres?

Question

How can I create a constraint to use a regular expression in postgres?

Answer 1

I recommend using an existing email address parsing module instead of making up your own pattern matching. For example:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION check_email(email text) RETURNS bool
LANGUAGE plperlu
AS $$
use Email::Address;

my @addresses = Email::Address->parse($_[0]);
return scalar(@addresses) > 0 ? 1 : 0;
$$;

CREATE TABLE emails (
    email varchar
    CONSTRAINT proper_email CHECK (check_email(email))
);