REGEXP works in PL/SQL not in Apex

Hi,
I have a regular expression that works in PL/SQL yet in APex it doesn't work.
1) Have to be numeric
2) Have to have 1-2 digits
3) Optional to have up to 1 decimal points
Can anyone please let me know if this is good? Thanks.
regexp_like(v_expr, '^(\d{0,2})+(\.[0-9]{1})?$')

In what way doesn't it work in APEX?
APEX runs PL/SQL, there should be no reason why it doesn't. Are you running this as a validation?

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Is it possible to use the SQL Loader within APEX? I want to have a table updated from a csv file... normally I would use the WWV_FLOW_FILES table, but with this file it mixes tabs and commas within the data, so creating a reliable upload script is getting to be a complete nightmare. I'd like to leverage the sql loader so I can specify the delimiter, optional quotes etc. The file will be in the same location on the file system so a scheduled, automated process would be perfect.
If so, does anyone know of a tutorial that might help me out?

I really hate computers. I do. I should know by now that it would of course install properly once support is engaged.
It installed properly just now. I was installing to get the error message to send to you. No changes were made yesterday, it's the same schema, same options for installing. I didn't restart any services or reboot the server.
It just works now.
I've been working with computers since 1982 and their capacity for knowing when support people are around continues to astonish me.
I am getting 'no data found' but I was really only installing it to get the error message, so I may have skipped a step.
Thanks all for the prompt replies.

SUBSTR function working only in SQL developper?

Hello,
I type the following query based on what I am learning in terms of Single-row Functions and it seems to work in SQL developer but for some reason not in SQL Plus ? Can anyone tell me where i am going wrong?
Select Job_title,
SUBSTR(Job_title, 1, 10)
SUBSTR(Job_Title, 11)
from jobs;
This is just to test the function's abilities and to see what it does but I was wondering as to why it doesn't work on the SQL plus prompt. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

Vlakarmis wrote:
Hello,
I type the following query based on what I am learning in terms of Single-row Functions and it seems to work in SQL developer but for some reason not in SQL Plus ? Can anyone tell me where i am going wrong?
Select Job_title,
SUBSTR(Job_title, 1, 10)
SUBSTR(Job_Title, 11)
from jobs;
This is just to test the function's abilities and to see what it does but I was wondering as to why it doesn't work on the SQL plus prompt. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you"Doesn't work" is not an actionable error message.
Please use copy and paste - copy your entire sqlplus session - full sqlstatement and full response, and post back here. If it returns many rows, we don't need to see all of them, just a representative sample.

REGEXP works in PL/SQL not in Apex

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