"Moran.Michael" wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a table with a VARCHAR column that I need to convert to a BYTEA.
>
> How do I cast VARCHAR to BYTEA?
>
> The following doesn't seem to work as it yields the 'cannot cast varchar to
> bytea' error message:
>
> varchar_data::bytea
>
> On the same topic, how do I do the reverse, that is, how to I cast from
> BYTEA back to VARCHAR?
>
> Thanks,
> -Michael Moran
>
>
As far as I remember
varchar_data::TEXT::BYTEA
works. Vice versa dto.
Be aware BYTEA data may contain character codes
unconvertable to VARCHAR, especially '\0'.
Regards, Christoph
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