# "Regex for Rows": Simplifying Pattern Detection in SQL with MATCH\_RECOGNIZE

DevFeed: ["Regex for Rows": Simplifying Pattern Detection in SQL with MATCH\_RECOGNIZE](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/regex-for-rows-simplifying-pattern-detection-in-sql-with-match-recognize-31401.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.databricks.com/blog/regex-rows-simplifying-pattern-detection-sql-matchrecognize>)

Author: Kent Marten; Sergei Fedorov

Published: 2026-09-16T17:14:05Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/databricks.md>)

Topics: [SQL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sql.md>), [databricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/databricks.md>), [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>)

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## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Databricks supports SQL MATCH_RECOGNIZE for detecting ordered event patterns. It shows how the clause can simplify sequence detection, including identifying repeated login failures followed by a successful login, compared with complex SQL queries and window functions.

## Source excerpt

Imagine you work in cybersecurity and you have a table that tracks login attempts...