Perl won't eval PgSQL boolean value

I've got an if statement that checks if a boolean value is true:

if ($cust_data->{'hold'} eq 't')

But perl will not evaluate the value. $cust_data->{'hold'} is taken from a
PgSQL boolean field (either t or f). If I use the construct above it tell me
that 'eq' is not defined thinking it's a string.

If I use:
if ($cust_data->{'hold'} == 't')

I get an error saying $cust_data->{'hold'} is a non-numeric value.

If I do this:
if ($cust_data->{'hold'})

it will always evaluate to true whether the value is 't' or 'f'.

HELP. How do you evaluate boolean values from PgSQL in Perl?

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