Re: Binary data type with other output method

Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>>> i considered this one but this would only bring 0/1 as input, not as
>>> output values, which is what i want.
>>>
>> er, what? This domain would have input and output values of 0/1.
>>
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> Yes, but i will loose 't', 'true', 'f' and 'false', the usual input
> values in PostgreSQL beside '0' and '1'. It's not that the people don't
> use true/false, they use this a lot. But they expect boolean variable
> in PHP working like a bolean column in PG ... without casts, without
> extra workarounds in the code.
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If your code is prepared to emit t/f but not accept it then that seems
to violate Postel's admonition: "Be *liberal* in what you *accept*, and
*conservative* in what you send."

cheers

andrew