Re: cast bool/int - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Achilleas Mantzios
Subject Re: cast bool/int
Date
Msg-id 200903231018.32126.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com
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In response to cast bool/int  (Zdravko Balorda <zdravko.balorda@siix.com>)
Responses Re: cast bool/int  (Joshua Tolley <eggyknap@gmail.com>)
Re: cast bool/int  (Marcin Krawczyk <jankes.mk@gmail.com>)
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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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