Re: Converting to number with given format

Hi Ken,
Thanks a lot, that's a cool idea and I think that it will cover my needs.

On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 02:04, Ken Tanzer <ken(dot)tanzer(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 6:34 AM Gabriel Furstenheim Milerud <
> furstenheim(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Maybe that is not possible with numbers? To say in a format something like
>> "my numbers have comma as decimal separator and no thousands separators" or
>> "my numbers are point separated and have comma as thousands separator"
>>
>>
> Would stripping out the thousand separator, and leaving in the decimal
> separator work?
>
> SELECT replace('9,000.34',',','')::numeric;
> replace
> ---------
> 9000.34
>
> If so, then (conceptually) does this work?
>
> SELECT replace(
>
> replace(my_numeric_string, user_thousand_sep, ''),
>
> user_decimal_sep, system_decimal_sep
>
> )::numeric
>
>
> Or maybe I'm missing something about this!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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