I tried select to_date(substring(to_char(yr,'0009'),2,4)||substring(to_char(mn,'09'),2,2)|| substring(to_char(dy,'09'),2,4),'YYYYMMDD');
which works fine.... Detlef -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von Dmitry Tkach Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003 00:52 An: Yasir Malik Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help Yasir Malik wrote: >I used trim and here's what I came up with: >to_date(trim(to_char(yr, '9999') || trim(to_char(mn, '00')) || >trim(to_char(dy, '00'))), 'YYYYMMDD') > >Apparently to_char adds a space to the charecter you are casting. > > I know :-) And lpad doesn't - that's why I suggested it :-) Dima > >On Wed, 9 Jul 2003, Dmitry Tkach wrote: > > > >>Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 18:40:37 -0400 >>From: Dmitry Tkach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Yasir Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help >> >>What about lpad? >> >>select lpad (7, 2, 0) || '-' || lpad (9, 2, '0') || '-2003'; >> ?column? >>------------ >> 07-09-2003 >>(1 row) >> >> >>I hope, it helps... >> >>Dima >> >>Yasir Malik wrote: >> >> >> >>>Thank you so much! But my problem is that when I do >>>to_char(mn, '00') || '-' || to_char(dy, '00') || '-' || to_char(yr, >>>'9999') >>> >>>where mn, dy, and yr are ints, is that the output has a space after the >>>the dash. For example, I get >>>07- 25- 1994 >>> >>>instead of what I want: >>>07-25-1994 >>> >>>Thanks, >>>Yasir >>> >>>On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Richard Rowell wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Date: 08 Jul 2003 15:21:33 -0500 >>>>From: Richard Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>To: Yasir Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Subject: Re: [SQL] Datatype conversion help >>>> >>>>On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 15:07, Yasir Malik wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I've tried to_char(in_val, '99'), and that returns a string that is two >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>select to_char(9,'00'); >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >>>TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
