From: | Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc> |
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To: | Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Binary data type with other output method |
Date: | 2007-12-26 22:12:33 |
Message-ID: | 4772D1D1.1080206@mark.mielke.cc |
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Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 20:11:45 -0500 Tom Lane wrote
>> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
>> I think you'd really need a separate type. But have you considered
>> something simple like
>> CREATE DOMAIN boolint AS int CHECK (value = 0 OR value = 1)
>>
> i considered this one but this would only bring 0/1 as input, not as
> output values, which is what i want.
>
> The reason for my question is: PHP (yes *grumble*) does not recognize
> boolean columns but instead makes a simple string from a PG boolean.
>
> So every time you select a boolean column in PHP, you cannot use
> expressions like:
>
> if (!$bool)
>
> because 't' and 'f' give TRUE in PHP.
>
> I was begged many times by our people coding PHP to find a workaround
> for this problem
If you find a good solution, feel free to share. :-)
I have had this annoy me for about 6 months now. I forget what
configuration change I did, but booleans stopped working for exactly
this reason (where they did work in the past). For lack of time or care,
my PHP now has added === 't' ? true : false in various places... :-)
Cheers,
mark
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Mark Mielke <mark(at)mielke(dot)cc>
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