converting text to float? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bart Ogryczak
Subject converting text to float?
Date
Msg-id 37B2C288.CD6AAB65@bart.w-wa.pl
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List pgsql-general
Hey,
I'm trying hard to convert text to float, and all i get are
messages like this:

select float4(wartosc) from  tblwartosci ;
ERROR:  Function 'float4(text)' does not exist
        There is more than one function that satisfies the given
argument types
        You will have to retype your query using explicit typecasts

select float4(int(wartosc)) from  tblwartosci ;
ERROR:  pg_atoi: error in "285.75": can't parse ".75"

Table    = tblwartosci
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
|              Field               |              Type                |
Length|
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
.
.
| wartosc                          | text
|   var |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+

Is there a resonable way to do text to float conversion?

bart
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