/**
 * Creates a function to check strings for being nunbers.
 *
 * @author: "Stefanie Janine Stölting"<stefanie@proopensource.eu>
 * @license: PostgreSQL https://opensource.org/licenses/postgresql
 */
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION is_numeric(s text) RETURNS BOOLEAN AS $$
BEGIN
	PERFORM s::NUMERIC;
	RETURN TRUE;
EXCEPTION WHEN others THEN
	RETURN FALSE;
END;
$$
STRICT
LANGUAGE plpgsql IMMUTABLE
;
COMMENT ON FUNCTION is_numeric(s text) IS 'Checks, whether the given parameter is a number';
