Re: Substring Problem - Mailing list pgsql-general

From hubert depesz lubaczewski
Subject Re: Substring Problem
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Msg-id 20080513133035.GA32453@depesz.com
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In response to Substring Problem  (Stefan Schwarzer <stefan.schwarzer@grid.unep.ch>)
List pgsql-general
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 03:26:57PM +0200, Stefan Schwarzer wrote:
> it seems to work with 8.1, but not anymore with 8.3. What is wrong
> with this substring request? Or is it some installation issue? Thanks
> for any suggestion!
> SELECT substring(date from 1 for 7) AS stryearmonth, COUNT(id) AS
> countofnumber FROM (SELECT * from downloads ) AS foo GROUP BY
> stryearmonth ORDER BY stryearmonth ASC

in release notes it says that 8.3 removes some implicit casts. for
example the ones from date to text.

change your substring to:
to_char(date, 'YYYY-MM')
and You should be fine.

depesz

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