Re: isnumeric - checking if text variable is convertable to numeric

am  25.04.2006, um  2:01:49 -0700 mailte SunWuKung folgendes:
> I tried this but couldn't find out what would be the WHEN condition for
> 
> Select Cast('asdf' as numeric)
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type numeric

create or replace function check_numeric(varchar) returns bool as $$
declare
        i numeric;
begin
        i := $1::numeric;
        return 't'::bool;
        EXCEPTION WHEN invalid_text_representation then
                return 'f'::bool;
end;
$$ language plpgsql immutable strict;



HTH, Andreas
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