Try
substr(text,int4) or
substr(text, int4, int4)
For example,
% select substr('hi there',4,3);
substr
--------
the
(1 row)
Morey Parang
ORNL
On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 03:34:27PM -0400, mikeo wrote:
> hi all,
> in the pg_trigger table the tgargs column is defined
> as type "BYTEA". i can split this up in perl, once
> retrieved, but can't figure out how to "substring"
> it in sql. is there an SQL way to select pieces of
> a column of this type?
>
> any help is appreciated,
>
> mikeo
