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#1Doug Smith
doug@the-bridge.net

I have a field that is presently an int4 and I would like to change it and it's contents to a float. I tried building a new table and insert the data into the new field but I get
the error "type of <a> does not match target column <b>". Is there a convert function available? Sure would appriciate some help, besides spelling..
Thanks
Doug

#2Sferacarta Software
sferac@bo.nettuno.it
In reply to: Doug Smith (#1)
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Doug Smith ha scritto:

I have a field that is presently an int4 and I would like to change
it and it's contents to a float. I tried building a new table and
insert the data into the new field but I getthe error "type of <a>
does not match target column <b>". Is there a convert function
available? Sure would appriciate some help, besides
spelling..ThanksDoug

prova=> create table test(i int4);
CREATE
prova=> insert into test values (1);
INSERT 188494 1
prova=> create table test1 ( f float);
CREATE
prova=> insert into test1 select float8(i) from test;
INSERT 188504 1
prova=> select * from test1;
f
-
1
(1 row)

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