yorickdewid / PostgreSQL-IBAN

PostgreSQL IBAN extension that can verify International Bank Account Numbers

PostgreSQL IBAN

PostgreSQL IBAN extension that can verify International Bank Account Numbers. This ensures that only valid bank account numbers are stored.

Example

CREATE TABLE test_iban (
  name text,
  account iban
);

--
-- Insert data
--

-- Dutch IBAN format
INSERT INTO test_iban (name, account) VALUES ('John', 'NL91ABNA0417164300');
-- German IBAN format
INSERT INTO test_iban (name, account) VALUES ('Doe', 'DE89370400440532013000');

-- Invalid data
INSERT INTO test_iban (name, account) VALUES ('Dean', 'AZ22NABZ00000000137010001944');

--
-- Show output
--

SELECT * FROM test_iban;

Manually test input

SELECT iban_validate('KW81CBKU0000000000001234560101');
-- Or cast
SELECT 'KZ86125KZT5004100100'::iban;

the ::iban datatype can be cast to an text to perform string operations

SELECT 'KZ86125KZT5004100100'::iban::text;

Build

Make sure PostgreSQL development tools are installed (check pg_config).

On Debian based systems:

sudo apt install postgresql-server-dev-all

git clone https://github.com/yorickdewid/PostgreSQL-IBAN
cd PostgreSQL-IBAN
sudo make install

Login to the database and load the extension

CREATE EXTENSION iban;