From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Hex Integer Input
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 12:13:14 -0500
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Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> writes:
> Hi, is there a way to enter integer data by their HEX
> representation??
I'm not sure that this is SQL-spec, but at least as of 7.3, you can
coerce a bitstring literal to int, so:
z=# select x'0f';
?column?
----------
00001111
(1 row)
z=# select x'0f'::int4;
int4
------
15
(1 row)
Looks like it works for int8 as well.
regards, tom lane
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