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Re: BIN()


  • From: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
  • To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
  • Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
  • Subject: Re: BIN()
  • Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:57:58 -0700
  • Message-id: <20051130025758(dot)GA32098(at)winnie(dot)fuhr(dot)org>

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 09:46:13PM -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> create or replace function bin(bigint) returns text language plperl as $$
> 
>  my $arg = $_[0] + 0;
>  my $res = "";
>  while($arg)
>  {
>    $res = ($arg % 2) . $res;
>    $arg >>= 1;
>  }
>  return $res;
> 
> $$;

Any reason not to use sprintf("%b", $_[0])?

-- 
Michael Fuhr


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