Is it allowed to cast types in ANSI SQL like in postgres for example:
SELECT SUM( CAST(qnty AS int) - CAST(reserve AS int) ) AS sum
...
qnty and reserve are character columns.
Is it allowed to cast types in ANSI SQL like in postgres for example:
SELECT SUM( CAST(qnty AS int) - CAST(reserve AS int) ) AS sum
...
qnty and reserve are character columns.
The CAST
expression was added in SQL-92. You can see it for example in this draft.