On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Len Morgan wrote:
> I am having a problem converting a data type of money to type float.
> After 'greping' all the documentation directorys, I can't find a
> reference to
> "money", "Money", or "MONEY" but I know it's in there somewhere because
> I have a money type (a mistake I now realize) in my database.
>
> How do I convert from type money to type float and back?
>
> float4(moneyfield) gives me a huge number (something e+09). I get
> similar
> results with float8, float, and even int4().
>
CAST (yMONEY AS float4)
CAST (yMONEY AS float8)
CAST (yMONEY AS int2)
CAST (yMONEY AS int4)
Ciao, Jose'