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I need to convert a value of Double Precision to Bigint with PostgreSQL. How can I do that?

I have tried with to_bigint(myvalue) but that function didn't exist.

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There are two ways to typecast in Postgres:

You either do it the SQL standard way:

select cast(3.141593 as bigint);

or you could use the Postgres-specific cast operator: ::

select (3.141593 :: bigint);

You might also want to consider the various rounding functions.

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    @eevar Just a note from the docs, the rounding functions return type is "same as input," so if the type is important, casts are required. Aug 19, 2015 at 21:34
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    Looks like CAST actually does rounding Mar 17, 2016 at 19:34
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    Is there a doc which function is applied when SELECT 4.7::int? Mar 6, 2020 at 12:09

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