How to force Postgres to calculate MAX(boolean) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrus
Subject How to force Postgres to calculate MAX(boolean)
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Re: How to force Postgres to calculate MAX(boolean)
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I try to convert code from other database to Postgres.

CREATE TABLE test(test BOOLEAN);
SELECT MAX(test) FROM test;

causes error

ERROR:  function max(boolean) does not exist
HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need
to add explicit type casts.

I tried
SELECT MAX(test:integer)::boolean FROM test;

but this casuses error

ERROR:  cannot cast type boolean to integer

I have lot of MAX() functions applied to boolean expressions.

How to force Postgres to calculate MAX(boolean) ?

MAX(boolean) should return true if its argument evaluates true for at least
one row.



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