Re: BIN()
- From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
- To: Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
- 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 23:45:18 -0500
- Message-id: <438D2E5E(dot)2020508(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Michael Fuhr wrote:
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])?
TIMTOWTDI, as we have seen
(also I had forgotten %b if I ever knew it)
cheers
andrew
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