*** 13,15 **** --- 13,17 ---- how to access the mailing list. Reply: Pardon my question, but doesn't a maillist defeat the purpose of a wiki? The wiki avoids reinventing the wheel when another person has the same issue or question. + + Further reply: The mailing list is archived; those archives can be searched. For what it's worth, what you're looking for is CAST(); see {link: http://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html the expressions documentation}. On the subject of the suitability of wiki, I may be wrong, but isn't the point of wiki to collect facts? What you've done here is ask a question, not post a fact. Certainly a mailing list is a very good place to ask a question, as many, many people will be receiving it and will have an opportunity to answer. Wiki pages can go unnoticed by all but the most diligent for a very long time.