Re: [SQL] Booleans and Casting

From: "jose' soares" <sferac(at)bo(dot)nettuno(dot)it>
To: Paul Ramsey <pramsey(at)refractions(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Booleans and Casting
Date: 1999-02-16 08:51:47
Message-ID: 36C931A3.3941DCAE@bo.nettuno.it
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Paul Ramsey ha scritto:

> I have the following SQL statement, which doesn't work (though I wish it
> did):
>
> select sum(value * ( plulabel = 'FO' )) from btmm group by gis_tag;
>
> PG quite correctly complains that:
>
> ERROR: There is more than one possible operator '*' for types
> 'float4' and 'bool' You will have to retype this query using an explicit
> cast
>
> However, when I do this:
>
> select sum(value * int( plulabel = 'FO' )) from btmm group by gis_tag;
>
> I still get an error:
>
> ERROR: No such function 'int' with the specified attributes
>
> I can find no function at all to use to cast booleans to what I want,
> which is 1 = true, 0 = false (IE, the standard cast for boolean ->
> number).
>
> Any advice?
>
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> | Refractions Research
> | Email: pramsey(at)refractions(dot)net
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create function int(bool) returns int4 as
'begin
if $1 then
RETURN 1;
else
RETURN 0;
end if;
end;' language 'plpgsql';
CREATE

drop table btmm;
DROP
create table btmm (gis_tga text, value float, plulabel text);
CREATE
insert into btmm values('a',13.2,'FO');
INSERT 190188 1
insert into btmm values('b',1.32,'FO');
INSERT 190189 1
insert into btmm values('c',31.32,'RO');
INSERT 190190 1
select sum(value * int( plulabel = 'FO' )) from btmm group by gis_tga;
sum
----
13.2
1.32
0
(3 rows)

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- Jose' -

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