Re: SELECT CAST(123 AS char) -> 1

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:36:49PM -0700, Ken Johanson wrote:
> For sake of interoperability (and using an API that requires String-type
> hashtable keys), I'm trying to find a single CAST (int -> var/char)
> syntax that works between the most databases. Only char seems to be a
> candidate, but in 8.3 casting from an integer outputs only the first char...

Does it have to be a cast? I would've thought to_char() might work more
reliably across databases.

Have a nice day,
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