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From Dmitriy Igrishin
Subject Re: Converting between varchar and float when updating
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Msg-id BANLkTik1fL6g59-4rWvrKVJbwBeeeWRUpw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Converting between varchar and float when updating  (Vibhor Kumar <vibhor.kumar@enterprisedb.com>)
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2011/4/28 Vibhor Kumar <vibhor.kumar@enterprisedb.com>

On Apr 28, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Thomas Larsen Wessel wrote:

> UPDATE foo SET bar = TO_VARCHAR( TO_FLOAT(bar) * 2); -- INCORRECT!!!!

If you are sure bar contains float value, then try following:
UPDATE foo SET bar = bar::float * 2;
NB:  I am sure that OP is not sure :-) And since foo.bar is varchar,
it is better to use numeric instead of float :-)

Thanks & Regards,
Vibhor Kumar
EnterpriseDB Corporation
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
vibhor.kumar@enterprisedb.com
Blog:http://vibhork.blogspot.com


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