Re: Boolean to Integer?

From: "Ian Harding" <ianh(at)tpchd(dot)org>
To: <philip(at)adhesivemedia(dot)com>, <roberto(at)smartbit(dot)inf(dot)br>
Cc: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Boolean to Integer?
Date: 2002-10-17 17:23:40
Message-ID: sdae8fd6.043@mail.tpchd.org
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select case when boolfield = true then 1 else 0 end as boolint
from booltable

>>> Philip Hallstrom <philip(at)adhesivemedia(dot)com> 10/17/02 10:09AM >>>
Search the manual for "CASE" I can never remember the syntax, but that's
what you want... it's behaves similar to a C switch statement.

On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Roberto (SmartBit) wrote:

> Hi all
>
> How could i transform a Boolean value in a Integer???
>
> My table field is Boolean, but I'd like that my SELECT reults an Integer
> field!!
>
> something like: SELECT IF( FieldBoolName , 1, 0) FROM myTABLE
>
>
> tia
>
>
> Roberto de Amorim - +55 48 346-2243
> Software engineer at SmartBit Software
> Delphi and Interbase consultant
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