The idea is I wanna store any number from 1 to 2^16 in 2 strings only - This is the requirement. Since in Unicode a 16 bit is represented in a Single chararctor. So i wanna convert any number into a 32 bit and then convert each 16 bit into one char and stored it in database.
So I wanna know how to convert any 16 bit to a single charactor. Is there any function to do that in Postgres. Thanks Kumar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Huxton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [SQL] Customised Encoding > On Tuesday 27 April 2004 13:55, kumar wrote: > > Hi Richar, > > Kumar - try to make sure you reply to the list. > > > It didnt work for me. > > > > select encode('65536'::bytea,'UTF-8') > > ERROR: Cannot cast type integer to bytea > > > > select encode('65536'::bytea,'UTF-8') > > ERROR: No such encoding as 'UTF-8' > > I think you're using the encode() function wrongly. The second parameter is > supposed to be something like "base64" or "hex". I'm not sure it makes sense > to try and cast an integer to a bytea either. > > Can you say what you're trying to achieve here? > > -- > Richard Huxton > Archonet Ltd ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings