Re: [GENERAL] casting float8 type

Bob Dusek <bobd(at)palaver(dot)net> wrote:

> How would I go about converting a value of type 'float8' to a value
> of type 'int'? It's probably not possible to do a straight
> conversion of a float to an int, but is there a truncate, or a
> rounding function that I could use? I couldn't find such a thing in
> my search.

in a table/class `tbl' with an float attribute `fl' of my 6.3.2 database,
the following works:

select cast(fl as int4) from tbl;

Hope it helps!

Ulf

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