On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 12:00:44PM +0100, Markus Bertheau wrote: > On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 11:24, Vicktor wrote: > > Why not exists functions for convert any type to text? > > I can't find text(bool), text(numeric) ... > > use type casting: > > select column::text from table > > after :: comes the type you want.
I mean original questioner has other problem: t=# SELECT 't'::bool::text; ERROR: Cannot cast type 'boolean' to 'text' test=# SELECT '123'::numeric::text; ERROR: Cannot cast type 'numeric' to 'text' test=# Karel -- Karel Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/ C, PostgreSQL, PHP, WWW, http://docs.linux.cz, http://mape.jcu.cz ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html