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Distinct substring SQL query with Postgresql
result = ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute("SELECT DISTINCT SUBSTRING(postcode, '[A-Z0-9]{3,} [0-9]{1}') FROM postcodes")
result.values.first
# => ['AB1 1']
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tiagofrancafernandes commented Mar 3, 2021

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will use to get different domains:

SELECT DISTINCT SUBSTRING(email, '([@].*)') AS at_domain FROM users WHERE email NOT ILIKE '%sememail.com%' LIMIT 15

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