Re: [GENERAL] How to Convert VarChar to Date in PgSQL

On 10/03/2009 12:07, Venkat Rao Tammineni wrote:
> I have one table which has lot of data.In the same table I have one
> varchar filed. I want to convert into Date data type? Is It possible to
> convert varchar to date datatype with out loosing data.Please guide me.I am
> waiting for your great response.

If the varchar is already in the format you need (yyyy-mm-dd) then you
ought to be able just to cast it:

'2009-03-10'::date

If not, you may need to do some clever things with regular expressions
first to get it into this format, and then cast it.

Ray.

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