On Fri, 2 Mar 2007, Tom Lane wrote:

> Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com> writes:
> > On several occasions I have wanted to input integers in hexadecimal rather
> > than in decimal in PostgreSQL.  I notice that there is a to_hex function,
> > but there is not (AFAIK) a way to provide an integer in hexadecimal.
>
> regression=# select x'abcd'::int;
>  int4
> -------
>  43981
> (1 row)

Hmm.  I actually used the bit(N) type on a project quite some time ago,
but it did not occur to me to use the bit string input syntax to input an
integer.

Well, I guess there is a way after all.  So in the immortal words of Emily
Litella, "Never mind."


-- 
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incompetency
		-- The Peter Principle

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