MySQLdata validation

Find Invalid URLs in MySQL with REGEXP

Use MySQL REGEXP to identify rows with malformed or broken URL values in your database. SQL URL audit examples.

The Regex Pattern

Regex pattern

^https?://[^\s]+$

Use this pattern with MySQL's REGEXP operator.

MySQL SQL Example

-- Audit a links or resources table in MySQL to identify records with invalid or malformed URL format using REGEXP
SELECT *
FROM your_table
WHERE your_column REGEXP '^https?://[^\\s]+$';

How This Works

Audit a links or resources table in MySQL to identify records with invalid or malformed URL format using REGEXP. The regex pattern is used with MySQL's REGEXP operator to filter rows at the database level.

Using regex directly in SQL is efficient for use cases like data validation โ€” it avoids loading data into application memory just to filter it with a regex.

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