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 -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47215, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net === Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe ===