Re: PSql won't Let me Set Varchar Column to 'true'

Hunter Hillegas <lists(at)lastonepicked(dot)com> writes:

> I have two varchars on my table...
>
> I tried to run the following:
>
> VMGEngine=# update user_account set editor_status = 'true' and
> administrator_status = 'true' where rec_num = 20;
> ERROR: column "editor_status" is of type character varying but expression
> is of type boolean

That's odd. What version of PG is this?

> I was expecting the single quotes to tell psql to treat the data as a
> string, not a constant boolean value.
>
> Can I coerce psql to do what I would like it to?

An explicit cast might work:

set editor_status = 'true'::text

Why aren't you using booleans anyway? PG knows better than you. :)

-Doug
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