Re: to_number behavior change between 8.1 and 8.2

Richard Greenwood wrote:
> I am getting an error from to_number() in PostgreSQL 8.2 that does not
> occur in 8.1:
>   invalid input syntax for type numeric: " "
> I assume that it is rejecting spaces, so I tried trimming with:
>   to_number(trim (both ' ' from streetnum),'999999999')
> but still get the same error.
>
> Any suggestions?

I seem to recall it was tightened up - you'll need to give it a valid
number. What number is '' supposed to be?

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