Re: cast bytea to text

> How can i cast bytea to text?
> I´ve read about the DECODE function, but my 8.1 backend
> doesn´t recognize it.
> I´m trying to create an implicit cast using the function:
>
> create or replace function bytea2text(bytea) returns text as
> $$
> select DECODE($1, 'escape');
> $$
> language sql strict;
>
> Answer:
> ERROR: function decode(bytea, "unknown") does not exist

Try ENCODE instead of DECODE ...

Yours,
Laurenz Albe