Re: Invalid input for integer on VIEW

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 15:42 +0100, mike wrote:
> I have the following view definition
>
>      Column     |         Type          | Modifiers
> ----------------+-----------------------+-----------
>  bcode          | character varying(15) |
>  subhead        | text                  |
>  sc_description | character varying(60) |
>  Budget         | numeric               |
>  expenditure    | numeric               |
>  balance        | numeric               |
>  head           | integer               |
>  period         | integer               |
> View definition:
>  SELECT
>         CASE
>             WHEN vw_rec_sum.code IS NULL AND vw_pay_sum.sum IS NOT NULL
> THEN vw_pay_sum.code
>             ELSE vw_rec_sum.code
>         END AS bcode,
>         CASE
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'SA'::text THEN 'Salary
> Costs'::text
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'SC'::text THEN 'Startup
> Costs'::text
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'RC'::text THEN 'Running
> Costs'::text
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'TC'::text THEN 'Training
> Costs'::text
>             ELSE NULL::text
>         END AS subhead, sc_description, vw_rec_sum.sum AS "Budget",
> vw_pay_sum.sum AS expenditure,
>         CASE
>             WHEN vw_pay_sum.sum IS NULL THEN vw_rec_sum.sum
>             WHEN vw_pay_sum.sum < 0.01 THEN 0.00 - vw_pay_sum.sum +
> vw_rec_sum.sum
>             ELSE vw_rec_sum.sum - vw_pay_sum.sum
>         END AS balance,
>         CASE
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'SA'::text THEN 1
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'SC'::text THEN 2
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'RC'::text THEN 3
>             WHEN "left"(ac_code::text, 2) = 'TC'::text THEN 4
>             ELSE NULL::integer
>         END AS head,
>         CASE
>             WHEN to_number(vw_rec_sum.code::text, '999'::text) >
> 194::numeric THEN 3
>             WHEN to_number(vw_rec_sum.code::text, '999'::text) <
> 195::numeric AND to_number(vw_rec_sum.code::text, '999'::text) >
> 50::numeric THEN 2
>             ELSE 1
>         END AS period
>    FROM vw_rec_sum
>    FULL JOIN vw_pay_sum ON vw_rec_sum.code::text = vw_pay_sum.code::text
>    JOIN vw_ac ON vw_rec_sum.code::text = vw_ac.id::text
>   ORDER BY to_number(vw_rec_sum.code::text, '999'::text);
>
>
> However whenever I try to query it with criteria on the period column I
> get  SELECT * FROM vw_budget HAVING  "period"='3';
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type numeric: " "
>
> If I try on the head column the query runs
>
> Getting stumped - anyone any idea what is going on here.
>
> This is with 7.4.3
>

If I do the same query, except to create a new table, everything works,
so is this a view bug?


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