Re: converting string value to integer - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ken Guest
Subject Re: converting string value to integer
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Msg-id 3E007D60.8080005@stockbyte.com
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In response to Re: converting string value to integer  (Manfred Koizar <mkoi-pg@aon.at>)
List pgsql-general
Manfred Koizar wrote:

>On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:13:50 +0000, Ken Guest <kguest@stockbyte.com>
>wrote:
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>>How do I cast/convert a string value to an integer in 7.1.3?
>>I've tried using cast but it doesn't seem to work.
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>Does this answer your question?  If not, show us an example of what
>you have tried.
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It does indeed. There were some trailing spaces which I was unaware of,
so I'm now using something akin to
SELECT CAST(TRIM('123 ') AS INT);

which works perfectly.

Thank you Manfred,

ken







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