Eugene Vital wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
>
> I am working on an app using VFP9 hitting a PostgreSQL 8.2 database
> using SPT trying to concatenate
> 2 fields using the COALESCE() function.
>
> The query works fine except the results are being returned as a Memo
> instead of the needed character type. Is there a way to specify that the
> results to come back in a character field instead of the memo?
>
>
> Thanks....
>
>
> loProjSignOffBizObj.sqlexecute("SELECT proj_signoff_id,
> proj_signoff_date, COALESCE(proj_signoff_notes, '') as
> proj_signoff_notes, " +;
> "(usr.usr_fname || ' ' || usr.usr_lname) as usr,
> proj_signoff_approval " +;
> "FROM project_signoff ps " +;
> "LEFT OUTER JOIN usr on usr.usr_id = ps.usr_id "+;
> "WHERE ps.proj_id = '" + ALLTRIM(TRANSFORM(liProjectId)) + "'",
> loProjSignOffBizObj.CursorName)
>
I'm unfamiliar with PostgreSQL's COALESCE function...can you wrap a
CAST( ) around it to force the resulting type?
hth,
--Mike (not trying to pad the statistics...just trying to help! <g>)
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