Hex to Number conversion

From: anand086 <anand086(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Hex to Number conversion
Date: 2017-08-27 05:28:59
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Hi,

We have a Oracle system were the hex characters are converted to number
using TO_NUMBER function, like below.

sql> select to_number('cd08cfba70ede0a2','xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx') from dual;

TO_NUMBER('CD08CFBA70EDE0A2','XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
--------------------------------------------------
14774286977254416546

How can I achieve the same in postgres.

# select to_number('cd08cfba70ede0a2','xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx');
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type numeric: " "
Time: 142.581 ms

Regards,
Anand

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