Re: Extending COALESCE() - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: Extending COALESCE()
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Msg-id AANLkTinBOWypD=XMvjmeKHYfc4yZ=Z+vc-pm=kWrCM0C@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Extending COALESCE()  (David Frankson <David.Frankson@infinitecampus.com>)
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Hello

I am afraid, so this isn't possible. You have to use a explicit cast
"int to bool"

select coalesce(true, 0::bool)

regards

Pavel Stehule

2010/11/23 David Frankson <David.Frankson@infinitecampus.com>:
> Is it possible to extend the COALESCE() function?  I would like to support
> for coalescing an int into a Boolean, but I get syntax errors if I don’t
> wrap coalesce in quotes.
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> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION coalesce(boolean,int) RETURNS boolean AS $$
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>                 SELECT CASE WHEN $1 IS NOT NULL THEN $1 WHEN $2 = 1 THEN
> true ELSE false END
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> $$ LANGUAGE sql IMMUTABLE;
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> Thanks,
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> Dave

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