| From: | Michael Rowan <mike(dot)rowan(at)internode(dot)on(dot)net> |
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| To: | pgsql-novice novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Type mismatch problem |
| Date: | 2012-02-06 09:52:39 |
| Message-ID: | 563BB114-63E9-485C-B999-6BCE9224636B@internode.on.net |
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As a total beginner who has for decades used an application that would allow type mismatches like boolean*numeric I tried the following select:
SELECT sum(cost*quantity)*(sales_type=1) AS sales_type1, sum(cost*quantity)*(sales_type=2) AS sales_type2 FROM etc etc
In the above, cost and quantity are TYPE numeric(9,2), sales_type is smallint.
PostgreSQL does not allow numeric*boolean. The error message ends with "You might need t" which kinda leaves me hanging.
Any clues would be most welcome.
Michael Rowan
mike(dot)rowan(at)internode(dot)on(dot)net
11 Kingscote Street
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