yep, sry it took me a while to answer. It works now.
here´s my code:
-- start code --
create or replace function bytea2text(bytea) returns text as
$$
select ENCODE($1, 'escape');
$$
language sql strict;
create cast (bytea as text)
with function bytea2text(bytea)
as implicit;
-- end code --
> How can i cast bytea to text?
> I´ve read about the DECODE function, but my 8.1 backend
> doesn´t recognize it.
> I´m trying to create an implicit cast using the function:
>
> create or replace function bytea2text(bytea) returns text as
> $$
> select DECODE($1, 'escape');
> $$
> language sql s
Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
> How can i cast bytea to text?
> I´ve read about the DECODE function, but my 8.1 backend doesn´t
> recognize it.
You want to use encode() in that direction.
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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Willy-Bas Loos wrote:
ERROR: function decode(bytea, "unknown") does not exist
SQL state: 42883
Hint: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may
need to
add explicit type casts.
Context: SQL function "bytea2text"
That's because the first parameter of decode() should be of
Dear List,
How can i cast bytea to text?
I´ve read about the DECODE function, but my 8.1 backend doesn´t recognize
it.
I´m trying to create an implicit cast using the function:
create or replace function bytea2text(bytea) returns text as
$$
select DECODE($1, 'escape');
$$
language sql strict;
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