On 8/30/06, Chris Hoover <revoohc@gmail.com> wrote:

>I am in need of some help. I need to use the encode function
> against a text string in one of my pg/plsql functions.
> However, the encode function expects a bytea field to be
> passed to it. How do I convert my text string into a bytea?

I use two simple plpgsql functions to convert strings to and from bytea:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION text2bytea(text)
RETURNS bytea AS
$BODY$
begin
return $1;
end;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

and

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION bytea2text(bytea)
RETURNS text AS
$BODY$
begin
return $1;
end;
$BODY$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql' VOLATILE;

Kind regards

Markus

________________________________

Von: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailtogsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] Im Auftrag von Chris Hoover
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. August 2006 18:24
An: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Betreff: Re: [ADMIN] How to convert a string to bytea?


Sorry, this was supposed to go to the -general list.


On 8/30/06, Chris Hoover <revoohc@gmail.com> wrote:

I am in need of some help. I need to use the encode function
against a text string in one of my pg/plsql functions. However, the
encode function expects a bytea field to be passed to it. How do I
convert my text string into a bytea?

Thanks,


Chris




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