Re: cast bool/int

From: Marcin Krawczyk <jankes(dot)mk(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Achilleas Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, Zdravko Balorda <zdravko(dot)balorda(at)siix(dot)com>
Subject: Re: cast bool/int
Date: 2009-03-23 14:44:31
Message-ID: 95f6bf9b0903230744r69a67a6dk89ba50f3f97603b1@mail.gmail.com
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This:

SELECT true::integer, false::integer

also works on 8.1

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regards
mk

2009/3/23 Achilleas Mantzios <achill(at)matrix(dot)gatewaynet(dot)com>

> Στις Monday 23 March 2009 09:59:12 ο/η Zdravko Balorda έγραψε:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I need a casting operator from boolean to integer,
> > tu put in ALTER TABLE statment after USING.
> >
>
> Sorry in the above email i meant smth like
> CASE WHEN column='t' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END
>
> however
> SELECT 't'::boolean::int;
> int4
> ------
> 1
> (1 row)
>
> and
> SELECT 'f'::boolean::int;
> int4
> ------
> 0
> (1 row)
>
> work in 8.3
>
> > Any ideas? Thanks.
> >
> > Zdravko
> >
> >
>
>
>
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