RE: [SQL] convert text to varchar

it tells me that the types aren't the same if i do this. well, now that i
typed that i tried it again, and it worked. . . the first time i tried it,
(the two tables have the same field names and types with the exception of
this one field), i typed [insert into ap select * from ap3;] -- and it said
that the types were not the same. but just now i typed [insert into ap (.
. .all field names listed individually. . .) select {all field names listed
individually in the same order} from ap3], and it worked. must be some
limitation in the "select *" use. . .

thanks very much! oh by the way, i haven't seen a camel in at least 12
years either! (except on that perl book -- or is that a llama?). i briefly
looked at that site you recommended -- i think i could spend a while their
later.

-----Original Message-----
From: Herouth Maoz [SMTP:herouth(at)oumail(dot)openu(dot)ac(dot)il]
Sent: Monday, May 03, 1999 12:02 PM
To: JT Kirkpatrick; 'pgsql-sql(at)hub(dot)org'
Subject: Re: [SQL] convert text to varchar

At 18:33 +0300 on 03/05/1999, JT Kirkpatrick wrote:

> hi! i have a text field (table ap3, field name apnote) that i would like
> to insert into a varchar field (same field name, table name ap). any
idea
> why this doesn't work? insert into ap (apnote) select varchar('apnote')
> from ap3; -- it fails with or without the single quotes.

Should be simply

INSERT INTO ap (apnote)
SELECT ap3.apnote
FROM ap3;

You really shouldn't have single quotes, and the conversion to text is
supposed to be automatic.

Herouth

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