Re: argh... can't cast varchar to int

On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 02:28, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> I have a table that has (among other things) two values, one named
> ftr_type and the other ftr_data.
>
> Depending on the value of ftr_type, ftr_data may contain the value of a
> primary key in another table.  Because sometimes there is another table
> and sometimes there isn't, ftr_data is a varchar.
>
Why not make it integer but leave its value as NULL if there is no other
table?

Alternatively, cast it to text first:

        junk=# select CAST('22'::text as int4);
         int4
        ------
           22
        (1 row)

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