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To: Sam Stearns <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-sql <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Postgres View DDL
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 19:04:17 -0300
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Hello Sam.
I think you want this:
SELECT COALESCE(regexp_replace('abc12345'::TEXT, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g')::NUMERIC, 0);
The coalesce need the same type from origin field, or you cast the result from regex to interger/numeric etc, or you use cast ‘0’ instead of 0;
Regards,
William Alves.
> On 16 Oct 2024, at 18:42, Sam Stearns <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Tried changing to this:
>
> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(broker_mc::numeric, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0)),
> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(carrier_mc::numeric, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0)),
> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(freight_forwarder_mc::numeric, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0)),
>
> but that throws this error:
>
> ERROR: function regexp_replace(numeric, unknown, unknown, unknown) does not exist
> LINE 46: (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(broker_mc::numeric, '[^0-9]+', ...
> ^
> HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might need to add explicit type casts.
>
> Sam
>
> On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 2:33 PM Sam Stearns <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I have an Oracle view that's been converted for Postgres. This block of code in the Oracle view DDL:
>>
>> TO_NUMBER (NVL (REGEXP_REPLACE (broker_mc, '[^0-9]+', ''), 0)),
>> TO_NUMBER (NVL (REGEXP_REPLACE (carrier_mc, '[^0-9]+', ''), 0)),
>> TO_NUMBER (NVL (REGEXP_REPLACE (freight_forwarder_mc, '[^0-9]+', ''), 0)),
>>
>> has been converted for Postgres as:
>>
>> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(broker_mc, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0))::numeric ,
>> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(carrier_mc, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0))::numeric ,
>> (coalesce(REGEXP_REPLACE(freight_forwarder_mc, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0))::numeric ,
>>
>> which is throwing the following error:
>>
>> ERROR: COALESCE types text and integer cannot be matched
>> LINE 43: ...ce(REGEXP_REPLACE(broker_mc, '[^0-9]+', '', 'g'), 0))::numer...
>> ^
>> I have been looking through:
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-conditional.html#FUNCTIONS-COALESCE-NVL-IFNULL
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/typeconv-union-case.html
>>
>> but I'm not seeing a way to resolve it. Would anyone be able to advise how to correct this for Postgres, please?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Sam
>>
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