From: Kumar <sgnerd@yahoo.com.sg>
To: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: psql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: ::text problem
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:33:04 +0530
Message-ID: <00e301c3b3eb$5c26f7d0$7502a8c0@hdsc.com> (raw)
References: <037f01c3b350$fa38ae00$7502a8c0@hdsc.com>
<200311251614.16957.dev@archonet.com>
Thanks a lot. It worked.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Huxton" <dev@archonet.com>
To: "Kumar" <sgnerd@yahoo.com.sg>; "psql" <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SQL] ::text problem
> On Tuesday 25 November 2003 12:37, Kumar wrote:
> >
> > SELECT
> > CASE WHEN c1 IS NULL THEN 'Record_Not_Found'ELSE c1 END as
> > approval_date FROM t1;
> > ERROR: Bad timestamp external representation 'Record_Not_Found'
> >
> >
> > SELECT
> > CASE WHEN c1 IS NULL THEN 'Record_Not_Found'::text ELSE c1 END as
> > approval_date FROM t1;
> > ERROR: CASE types 'timestamp without time zone' and 'text' not matched
>
> Almost - you're on the right lines. Try:
> SELECT
> CASE
> WHEN c1 IS NULL THEN 'Record_Not_Found'::text
> ELSE c1::text
> END as approval_date FROM t1;
>
> You need to make sure both options return type text.
>
> --
> Richard Huxton
> Archonet Ltd
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