From: | Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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To: | "Dylan Milks" <DMilks(at)greenridge(dot)ca>, "PostgreSQL (E-mail)" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Casting varchar to bytea |
Date: | 2003-09-12 19:36:19 |
Message-ID: | 200309122136.19700.barwick@gmx.net |
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On Friday 12 September 2003 20:39, Dylan Milks wrote:
> Hi. Could someone please tell me how to convert a "varchar" to a "bytea"
> datatype.
>
> I have a column which contains a number stored as a varchar. I have another
> column of type bytea. I'm trying to insert the value of the varchar column
> in the bytea column, but the conversion won't work.
>
> Something like the following:
>
> update webuser set ccnum = ccnumstring::bytea where userid=userid;
>
> Any ideas how to do this?
Does
update webuser set ccnum = decode(ccnumstring::text, 'encode')
work?
Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net
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