Subject Re: [firebird-support] Is Try_Cast in Firebird?
Author Mark Rotteveel
On 17-10-2016 12:10, liviuslivius liviuslivius@...
[firebird-support] wrote:
> No there isn't, although you could build something like that
> yourself in
> Firebird 3 with PSQL functions.
>
> Mark
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> Mark Rotteveel
>
> Hi Mark,
>
> yes, PSQL function can be good but, you must specify type for input
> parameters
> i have created feature request for it
> http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-5378

Yes, you would need a function per type of input and output type, but on
the other hand: if you need this a lot something is also wrong in the
way your database is modeled.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel