Thread: converting varchar to integer
Hi, I have a varchar column, and I need to 1) check the value in it is an integer 2) get the integer value (as integer) The problem is I can't suppose the're only correct values - ie there can be something like 'xssdkjsd', '230kdd' or evenan empty string etc. I've been looking through the documentation but I've found no functions doing this. Are there such functions? I've been using to_number(...) function, but it raises an exception on an empty string. I've written two on my own (see the functions below), but maybe there's something faster? Tomas --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- converts the varchar value to integer -- the value has to be already checked using the is_integer function --------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION to_integer(VARCHAR) RETURNS INTEGER AS ' DECLARE str ALIAS FOR $1; BEGIN RETURN to_number(str,9999999999); END; ' LANGUAGE plpgsql; --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- checks whether the value is an integer (int4) --------------------------------------------------------------------- CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION is_integer(VARCHAR) RETURNS BOOLEAN AS ' DECLARE str ALIAS FOR $1; pos INT8 := 0; BEGIN -- only 0,1,...,9 (least one) IF NOT str ~* ''^[0-9]+$'' THEN RETURN false; END IF; SELECT INTO pos to_number($1,9999999999); -- check the boundaries IF (-2147483648 <= pos) AND (+2147483647 >= pos) THEN RETURN true; ELSE RETURNfalse; END IF; END; ' LANGUAGE plpgsql;
Tomas, > I've written two on my own (see the functions below), > but maybe there's something faster? Nope. 'cept I'd combine those two functions into a single function that returns NULL if the value isn't an integer. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco
tv@fuzzy.cz <tv@fuzzy.cz> schrieb: > Hi, > > I have a varchar column, and I need to > > 1) check the value in it is an integer > 2) get the integer value (as integer) > > The problem is I can't suppose the're only correct > values - ie there can be something like 'xssdkjsd', > '230kdd' or even an empty string etc. test=# select * from foo; t | n ------+---bla |bla1 |2 | (3 rows) test=# update foo set n = substring(t , '[0-9]')::int; UPDATE 3 test=# select * from foo; t | n ------+---bla |bla1 | 12 | 2 (3 rows) Regards, Andreas -- Diese Message wurde erstellt mit freundlicher Unterstützung eines freilau- fenden Pinguins aus artgerechter Freilandhaltung. Er ist garantiert frei von Micro$oft'schen Viren. (#97922 http://counter.li.org) GPG 7F4584DA Was, Sie wissen nicht, wo Kaufbach ist? Hier: N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° ;-)
Using CASE to avoid '':
CREATE TABLE test (number TEXT);
INSERT INTO test VALUES('123');
INSERT INTO test VALUES('a123b');
INSERT INTO test VALUES('');
teste=> SELECT CASE number WHEN '' THEN NULL ELSE to_number(number,'999999999999990') END AS
number FROM test;;number
-------- 123 123
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At 05:30 AM 8/17/05, Kretschmer Andreas wrote: >tv@fuzzy.cz <tv@fuzzy.cz> schrieb: > > > Hi, > > > > I have a varchar column, and I need to > > > > 1) check the value in it is an integer > > 2) get the integer value (as integer) > >test=# update foo set n = substring(t , '[0-9]')::int; I think you meant: update foo set n = substring(t , '[0-9]+')::int;
am 17.08.2005, um 12:46:01 -0400 mailte Frank Bax folgendes: > >> 1) check the value in it is an integer > >> 2) get the integer value (as integer) > >test=# update foo set n = substring(t , '[0-9]')::int; > > > I think you meant: > update foo set n = substring(t , '[0-9]+')::int; Yes, of corse. Thank you. Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47212, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net=== Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe ===