[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the help again, Richard. I will look into upgrading to 8.3
as I think that will be the best solution.
I don't think you'll regret it. There are some excellent improvements in 8.3
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Sent: Thu 3/6/2008 10:24 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [SQL] Bit string help, please
I tried this real quick at the psql command prompt, and unfortunately it
doesn&#x
: [SQL] Bit string help, please
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I tried this real quick at the psql command prompt, and unfortunately
it
> doesn't work:
>
> mydb=# select ('1' || repeat('0',7))::bit varying;
> ERROR: cannot cast type text to bit varying
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried this real quick at the psql command prompt, and unfortunately it
doesn't work:
mydb=# select ('1' || repeat('0',7))::bit varying;
ERROR: cannot cast type text to bit varying
I appreciate the try though. Any other ideas? I am using PostgreSQL
8.2.3.1. I don't
x27;t know if that matters too much.
Thanks,
Ed
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From: Richard Huxton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:14 AM
To: Tyrrill, Ed
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Bit string help, please
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> insert in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
insert into table1 values( DEFAULT, B'1'::bit( n ) );
Where n is one of the parameters to the PL/pgSQL function, but that
doesn't work. PostgreSQL doesn't like having a variable for the bit
string length. Does anyone have any ideas how I could achieve this?
Try cast
