X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.193]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6140DCBF70 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 05:59:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (svr1.postgresql.org [64.117.224.193]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47699-04 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:58:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from www.epecon.de (www.epecon.de [194.174.52.125]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB40DCBF47 for ; Thu, 10 Jul 2003 02:58:35 -0300 (ADT) From: "listrec" To: "Dmitry Tkach" , "Yasir Malik" Cc: Subject: Re: Datatype conversion help Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 07:58:28 +0200 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <3F0C9C84.5000808@openratings.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200307/124 X-Sequence-Number: 14238 I tried select to_date(substring(to_char(yr,'0009'),2,4)||substring(to_char(mn,'09'),2,2)|| substring(to_char(dy,'09'),2,4),'YYYYMMDD'); which works fine.... Detlef -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner@postgresql.org]Im Auftrag von Dmitry Tkach Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003 00:52 An: Yasir Malik Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Betreff: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help Yasir Malik wrote: >I used trim and here's what I came up with: >to_date(trim(to_char(yr, '9999') || trim(to_char(mn, '00')) || >trim(to_char(dy, '00'))), 'YYYYMMDD') > >Apparently to_char adds a space to the charecter you are casting. > > I know :-) And lpad doesn't - that's why I suggested it :-) Dima > >On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Dmitry Tkach wrote: > > > >>Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:40:37 -0400 >>From: Dmitry Tkach >>To: Yasir Malik >>Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org >>Subject: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help >> >>What about lpad? >> >>select lpad (7, 2, 0) || '-' || lpad (9, 2, '0') || '-2003'; >> ?column? >>------------ >> 07-09-2003 >>(1 row) >> >> >>I hope, it helps... >> >>Dima >> >>Yasir Malik wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thank you so much! But my problem is that when I do >>>to_char(mn, '00') || '-' || to_char(dy, '00') || '-' || to_char(yr, >>>'9999') >>> >>>where mn, dy, and yr are ints, is that the output has a space after the >>>the dash. For example, I get >>>07- 25- 1994 >>> >>>instead of what I want: >>>07-25-1994 >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Yasir >>> >>>On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Richard Rowell wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Date: 08 Jul 2003 15:21:33 -0500 >>>>From: Richard Rowell >>>>To: Yasir Malik >>>>Subject: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help >>>> >>>>On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:07, Yasir Malik wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I've tried to_char(in_val, '99'), and that returns a string that is two >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>select to_char(9,'00'); >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >>>TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html