How to select text field as interger - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Dear members,


My table consist off the following fields


CREATE TABLE test
(  id bigserial NOT NULL,  name character varying(100),   CONSTRAINT logs_pkey PRIMARY KEY (log_id)
)


with value :

ID    Name
1      001
2        01
3          1
4        11

Select name from test where name = '1' ;

results in :

Name  1


If the 'Name' field was define as a serial the result set ought to be

Name  001    01      1


Question?

How can I have the same result set as above

Name  001    01      1


with the name field defined as character varying.



Thanks