| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Lehmeier, Michael" <michael(dot)lehmeier(at)cognitech(dot)de> |
| Cc: | "'pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Format of BOOLEAN |
| Date: | 2001-06-12 18:20:43 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0106122018570.756-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Lehmeier, Michael writes:
> testdb=# SELECT * FROM testtable WHERE acolumn = t;
> ERROR: Attribute 't' not found
SELECT * FROM testtable WHERE acolumn = 't';
Or better yet (SQL compatible):
SELECT * FROM testtable WHERE acolumn is true;
The latter is a special syntax, whereas in the former the 't' is just an
ordinary data literal.
> Is it possible to change the settings of PostgreSQL somewhere so that
> I get 'true' or 'false'?
case when acolumn then 'true' else 'false' end
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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