Why not create a view which does this?
Like this:
CREATE TABLE A(INFO VARCHAR(20));
CREATE VIEW A_VIEW AS SELECT INFO::int AS INFO FROM A;
insert into a (info) values ('12345');
select * from A_VIEW;
(Tested with PostgreSQL 10.9)
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens
Von: Rick Vincent [mailto:rvincent@temenos.com]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 23. Juli 2019 13:22
An: pgsql-sql@lists.postgresql.org
Betreff: Implicit typecast behavior
Hi,
I am looking for a way to make postgresql function as Oracle and other databases do with implicit typecasts. For example, in the query below:
SELECT RECID, RANK FROM MYTABLE WHERE RANK > 12
RANK is defined as a VARCHAR and will be implicitly cast to NUMBER, but when I run this in Postgresql I get an error.
No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.
I know it will work If I do:
SELECT RECID, RANK FROM MYTABLE WHERE CAST(RANK AS NUMERIC) > CAST (12 AS NUMERIC)
But I want it to be done implicitly like other databases. I have tried the following
CREATE FUNCTION tonumeric(varchar)
RETURNS numeric
STRICT IMMUTABLE LANGUAGE SQL AS
'SELECT cast($1 as numeric);';
CREATE CAST (varchar AS numeric) WITH FUNCTION tonumeric(varchar) AS IMPLICIT;
But this query:
SELECT RECID, RANK FROM MYTABLE WHERE RANK > CAST (12 AS NUMERIC);
Returns the following.
SQL function "tonumeric" statement 1
Because the numeric is being passed most likely. Is there a way to do this correctly such that “RANK” will be converted to NUMERIC without me explicitly having to CAST it to numeric?
Thanks,
Rick
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