Re: DATA TYPE CONVERTION

use a cast type

create table test(
id numeric
);

insert into test values(1);

insert into test values(2);

select id from test;

id(numeric)
----
1
2
(2 rows)

select id::varchar from test;
or
select cast(id as varchar) from test

id(varchar)
----
1
2
(2 rows)

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> From: JORGE MALDONADO <jorgemal1960(at)gmail(dot)com>
> Subject: [NOVICE] DATA TYPE CONVERTION
> To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 10:21 PM
> Is it possible to convert a numeric value to string within a
> SELECT query
> statement?
> For example, let's say that I have a table with a
> numeric field named
> "quantity". A normal SELECT would be "SELECT
> quantity FROM tblOrders". What
> if I want the value returned by the SELECT clause to be of
> type string
> instead of decimal?
>
> Regards,
> Jorge Maldonado