to_hex() takes in integer or bigint and returns a hexadecimal string equivalent. But there is also, perhaps better, encode() and decode() which convert string to either base64, hex, or "escape" codes.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/functions-string.html On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Stephen Cook <scli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > PHP has functions "bin2hex()" and "hex2bin()", and I have to deal with > the results in PostgreSQL. > > These functions "Returns an ASCII string containing the hexadecimal > representation of str. The conversion is done byte-wise with the > high-nibble first" and "Decodes a hexadecimally encoded binary string". > Basically you can take binary data and each byte becomes two hexadecimal > characters. > > Is there anything in PostgreSQL that can do this already? I'm sure I can > work it out but it can't hurt to ask first. > > -- Stephen > > -- While a transcendent vocabulary is laudable, one must be eternally careful so that the calculated objective of communication does not become ensconced in obscurity. In other words, eschew obfuscation. 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 Maranatha! <>< John McKown
