Re: [GENERAL] cast bytea to text

[Willy-Bas Loos]

yep, sry it took me a while to answer. It works now.
here´s my code:
-- start code --
create or replace function bytea2text(bytea) returns text as
$$
select ENCODE($1, 'escape');
$$
language sql strict;

create cast (bytea as text)
   with function bytea2text(bytea)
   as implicit;
-- end code --

thanks!

Willy-Bas Loos

On 3/1/07, Albe Laurenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> 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