Re: Alter column...using failure under 9.0.4

Hello,

you could check for indices or something like that.

Björn

Am 25.09.2011 um 17:17 schrieb Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter:

> Dear list,
>
> I’ve a strange issue here. I’ve a table that I’m sure the column type is boolean. I can see the datatype is boolean on PgAdmin.
>
> Nevertheless, when I issue this command
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> alter table usuario alter column ativo type smallint using (case when ativo then 1 else 0 end);
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I get the following error:
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ERROR: argument of IS FALSE must be type boolean, not type smallint
>
> ********** Error **********
>
> ERROR: argument of IS FALSE must be type boolean, not type smallint
> SQL state: 42804
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I already run Vacuum just to be sure, but still not working.
>
> I have a script with hundred similar lines (for other tables) without any error, just this table.
>
> Any hints?
>
>
> Edson Carlos Ericksson Richter
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