On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 09:56:26 +0800, guard <guard@ficnet.net> 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 ":"
>
Works for me on 7.1.2 and pre-7.2
What version are you using?
select version();
That still leaves it unclear in my mind what exactly you want
from your query.