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guard wrote:
> thanks
> 
> I have run "select substr('hi there', 3, 5)::varchar(5) as xx;"
> but get error message
> Error: ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near ":"
> 
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> "Lee Harr" <missive@frontiernet.net> ¼¶¼g©ó¶l¥ó·s»D
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> 
>>>how to
>>>select substr('hi there',3,5) as xx   -->>  xx change char type
>>>
>>>
>>How about:
>>
>>select substr('hi there', 3, 5)::varchar(5) as xx;
>>
>>or is this not what you mean?
>>
>>
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