From: | hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)pl> |
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To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | non fatal casting? |
Date: | 2001-09-16 08:07:40 |
Message-ID: | 20010916100740.2c349142.depesz@depesz.pl |
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hi
is there any way to make non-fatal casts (text -=> date and so on?)
it would be just perfect if i could do something like:
try:
my_date := my_text::date;
except:
return -1;
end:
return 0;
i'd like to use it in plpgsql functions. anyway to do it?
depesz
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