Re: [SQL] problem with casting

[Gighen Daisuku]

In data Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:10:30 +0000 (UTC), postgresql scrive:
>I have a table that has a 'date' column. In psql I tried to do a 
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>select proofdate::text from openjobs where jobno = '10625';
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>responce:   can not cast type 'date' to 'text'
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>Did i miss-read this section. I thought I could cast the date to text. has anyone 
>seen 
>this or am I missreading the docs?
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select to_char(proofdate, 'dd/mm/yyyy') from openjobs where jobno = '10625';