Thanks, but the number may be a float, like '1.23,00', '12.323,00', '12,34'.... :(
The regex works fine if it just an integer...

Have some regex to "compare"?

Tom Lane wrote:
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I need to verify if the data in p_valor is just number or it is a string.
What is the best way to do this?
    

In PG 8.0 you can just do it exactly the way your Oracle original does,
viz try to cram it into a numeric variable and catch the exception if
any.

In earlier versions, my thoughts would run to some kind of string
matching test using a regular _expression_.

The regexp method is probably significantly faster though, so maybe you
want to do it anyway, especially if you don't need the full generality
of possible floating-point formats.  You might get away with something
as simple as "p_valor ~ '^[0-9]+$'" if you only care about unsigned
integer inputs.

			regards, tom lane

  

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