From: A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: convert to a string
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:56:36 +0100
Message-ID: <20070306135636.GM10330@a-kretschmer.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <011901c75ff5$57a38930$1102a8c0@dream>
References: <011901c75ff5$57a38930$1102a8c0@dream>
am Tue, dem 06.03.2007, um 14:42:53 +0100 mailte Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe folgendes:
> Hello
>
> i have a column N_GEN in postgreSql defined as text. In this coloumn i insert a
> number 10
Why do you store numbers as text?
>
> N_GEN (text) = 10
>
>
> on error resume next
> Set oRs = oConn.Execute("SELECT N_GEN FROM MyTable ORDER BY N_GEN DESC")
>
> But it doesn't add the 1 to my N_GEN
You can't add a number to a string.
> How can i set the Recordset to convert the string to a number and then add 1 to
> it??
You can try to cast it to int:
test=# select '10'::text;
text
------
10
(1 row)
test=*# select '10'::text::int;
int4
------
10
(1 row)
In your Query, change 'SELECT N_GEN FROM' to 'SELECT N_GEN::int FROM'.
Andreas
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