Re: text cast to bool bug

From: CaT <cat(at)zip(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Laczi József <laczi(dot)jozsef(at)ritek(dot)hu>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: text cast to bool bug
Date: 2010-03-18 10:43:52
Message-ID: 20100318104352.GL2657@zip.com.au
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On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:37:53AM +0100, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> postgres=# select ('true'::text)::bool;
> bool
> ------
> t
> (1 row)
>
> I am checked 8.3, 8.4, 9.0.

What about the 'TRUE' (all caps) case? Note the blow:

> 2010/3/18 Laczi József <laczi(dot)jozsef(at)ritek(dot)hu>:
> > I think this is a funny bug:
> >
> > select ('TRUE'::TEXT)::BOOL;
> > bool
> > ------
> > f
...
> > select ('true'::TEXT)::BOOL;
> > bool
> > ------
> > t

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