return true / false instead of int4 value

From: "Johnson, Shaunn" <SJohnson6(at)bcbsm(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: return true / false instead of int4 value
Date: 2002-06-04 15:59:47
Message-ID: 73309C2FDD95D11192E60008C7B1D5BB04C73B59@snt452.corp.bcbsm.com
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Howdy:

I want to know if this is even possible: How
can I return a true/false value instead of
integer?

I want to do something like this:

[snip]

select count(*) from t_table
having count(*) > 1500000

[/snip]

But want to return a true/false (bool) result.

Background:

The goal is to do what I have been doing for the
past few weeks - get a count of a table and,
based on the count, either create a new table
or fail and halt the rest of the related process.

I've done the function thing - it doesn't work
very well. It stalls a few times and somehow
I created a bogus function type in one of the
system tables ... so ... I'm going to stay
away from that.

I've created a perl script to do exactly what
I want! ... 'cept ... during the regular
database refresh, it doesn't complete
until well AFTER I need it to ... other views
and tables are dependent on this one being
created first.

SO ... I'm looking for a nitch on how to
convert (and cast won't work for me) the
type from 'int4' to 'bool' for the above
sql excerpt.

*whew*

Suggestion?

HEY: Somebody send me some disco ... er ...
motivation music!

-X

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