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From: Ben K. <bkim@coe.tamu.edu>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Returning String as Integer
Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 15:05:36 -0500 (CDT)
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Jorge Godoy <jgodoy@gmail.com> wrote:
> numbers. Is there any way to select a value from this column and return
> it as an integer?

My twopence. I just happened to have the same problem with iReports for a 
10 digit number - it may be case specific but in my case

 	# select ... int4(id) ...;

worked.

I tried int8(id) but java didn't take it as Integer. (It took int8 as 
something like Long.)


Regards,

Ben



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