thanks
I have run "select substr('hi there', 3, 5)::varchar(5) as xx;"
but get error message
Error: ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ":"
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> >
> > how to
> > select substr('hi there',3,5) as xx -->> xx change char type
> >
>
> How about:
>
> select substr('hi there', 3, 5)::varchar(5) as xx;
>
> or is this not what you mean?
>
