On 10/15/07, Lee Keel <lee.keel@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > I am sorry to push this issue, but I have clients waiting on a solution for > this. So, does the lack of response mean that I am going to have to find > another approach? Or can this conversion be done in ppgsql\perl? Does something like: select encode('12346758'::bytea,'escape')::float work? Since I'm not sure what format your data is stored in I'm just guessing here. Note that you could use get_byte and cycle through the offset to get each byte as well. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq