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Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:51:00 +0200
From: Jerrel Kemper <jerrel@s-wise.nl>
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Subject: How to select text field as interger
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Dear members,


My table consist off the following fields


CREATE TABLE test
(
   id bigserial NOT NULL,
   name character varying(100),
    CONSTRAINT logs_pkey PRIMARY KEY (log_id)
)


with value :

ID    Name
1      001
2        01
3          1
4        11

Select name from test where name = '1' ;

results in :

Name
   1


If the 'Name' field was define as a serial the result set ought to be

Name
   001
     01
       1


Question?

How can I have the same result set as above

Name
   001
     01
       1


with the name field defined as character varying.


Thanks