Re: pg_dump and boolean format

On Aug 11, 2010, at 18:21 , Scott Frankel wrote:

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> On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:12 AM, Michael Glaesemann wrote:
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>> One option is to use COPY to export the data in a format you like. For example: COPY (SELECT CAST(boolean_column AS INT) FROM my_table) TO STDOUT. Then write a script which reads the exported data files and loads them into your sqlite database. COPY WITH CSV would likely be helpful as well.
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> With the number of tables and insert statements I'll be wrangling, I was hopeful I could coerce pg_dump to perform the "AS INT" cast.

Query the database Information Schema or system tables to provide a list of the table names. By using COPY WITH CSV HEADER and the names of the tables, you should be able to generate INSERT statements programatically.

Michael Glaesemann
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