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@ as attache of this mail is patch (to the main tree) with to_char's
family functions. Contain:

  conversion from a datetype to formatted text:

	to_char( datetime, 	text)
	to_char( timestamp,	text)
	to_char( int4,		text)
	to_char( int8,		text)
	to_char( float4,	text)
	to_char( float8,	text)
	to_char( numeric,	text)

  vice versa:

	to_date		( text, text)
	to_datetime	( text, text)
	to_timestamp	( text, text)
	to_number	( text, text)	   (convert to numeric)


  PostgreSQL to_char is very compatible with Oracle's to_char(), but not
total exactly (now). Small differentions are in number formating. It will
fix in next to_char() version.


! If will this patch aplly to the main tree, must be delete the current
  to_char version in contrib (directory "dateformat" and note in contrib's
  README), this patch not erase it (sorry Bruce).



The patch patching files:

	doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
                     ^^^^^^^^
   Hmm, I'm not sure if my English... :( Check it anyone (volunteer)?

   Thomas, it is right? SGML is not my primary lang  and compile
   the current PG docs tree is very happy job (hard variables setting in
   docs/sgml/Makefile --> HSTYLE= /home/users/t/thomas/....  :-)

   What add any definition to global configure.in and set Makefiles in docs
   tree via ./configure?

	src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile
	src/backend/utils/adt/formatting.c
	src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
	src/include/utils/formatting.h
Karel Zak <zakkr@@zf.jcu.cz>              http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/
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PROGRAM	= rand_datetime
	
OBJECTS	= rand_datetime.o

CFLAGS 	= -Wall -fpic -O3
CC	= gcc
RM	= rm -f
LIBS	=
INCLUDE	=

COMPILE = $(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE)
LINK    = $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@@ $(LIBS)


all: $(PROGRAM) 	

$(PROGRAM): $(OBJECTS)
	$(LINK) $(OBJECTS)

.c.o: $<
	$(COMPILE) -c $<

clean:
	$(RM) -f *~ $(OBJECTS) $(PROGRAM)
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@I finish devel. of Oracle compatible DateTime routines TO_CHAR(),
TO_DATE()
and PgSQL extension FROM_CHAR().

TO_CHAR() routine allow formating text output with a datetime values:

        SELECT TO_CHAR('now'::datetime, '"Now is: "HH24:MI:SS');
        to_char
        ----------------
        Now is: 21:04:10

FROM_CHAR() routine allow convert text to a datetime:

        SELECT FROM_CHAR('September 1999 10:20:30', 'FMMonth YYYY
HH:MI:SS');
        from_char
        -----------------------------
        Wed Sep 01 10:20:30 1999 CEST

TO_DATE() is equal with FROM_CHAR(), but output a Date only:

        SELECT TO_DATE('September 1999 10:20:30', 'FMMonth YYYY
HH:MI:SS');
        to_date
        ----------
        09-01-1999


In attache is compressed dir for the contrib. All is prepared, but I'am
not
sure if Makefile is good (probably yes).

Comments & suggestions ?


Thomas, thank you for your good advices.

                                                        Karel


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Karel Zak <zakkr@@zf.jcu.cz>
http://home.zf.jcu.cz/~zakkr/
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