Re: [GENERAL] How can I tell, in a trigger, if a value in a string is an integer.

[Tomasz Myrta]

Philip W. Dalrymple napisal 29.10.2008 15:26:

 set_config('session.sessionid','23',false);

I validate strings with regexp. This expression returns true:

select '23' ~'^-{0,1}[0-9]+$';

If it's true - you can cast it safely:
select cast('23' as integer)

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Regards,
Tomasz Myrta

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