problems with CAST :-{

Hi all

I hate it. Everytime i use want to use CAST i get  
--  parse error at or "("  -- !!!
This is the only message I get. I've tried EVERY combination of types and
syntaxes.

Maybe there ist something wrong in the installation or the environment or i
am simple stupid `:-(

I use Postgres 6.2 under SUSE LINUX 5.1

Please, please help me ?

Greetings from Bavaria

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Robert Stoeppel   -->http://www.stoeppel.de <---
Buchhandlung Stoeppel - Stoeppel Verlag
Bertelsmann Club
Tel.: 0881/9224-0
Fax: 0881/ 2554

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