Re: Default value for bit datatype - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Doug McNaught
Subject Re: Default value for bit datatype
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Msg-id m3r8wpr20h.fsf@belphigor.mcnaught.org
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In response to Default value for bit datatype  (Terry Fielder <terry@greatgulfhomes.com>)
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Terry Fielder <terry@greatgulfhomes.com> writes:

> When I try to do a default value for the bit datatype, eg:
> CREATE TABLE my_calendar (
>  ID serial NOT NULL ,
>  Global_field bit DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL ,
> )
>
> I get the message:
> ERROR:  Attribute 'global_field' is of type 'bit' but default expression
> is of type 'int4'
>         You will need to rewrite or cast the expression
>
> I have tried (bit) 0, bit(0), bit 0, etc but have not found a way to do
> casting.  Can anyone help me to set a default value for a bit datatype
> field?

Try:

  Global_field bit DEFAULT '0'::bit NOT NULL

Yes, it's a little weird.  ;)

-Doug
--
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The first was Texas medicine--the second was just railroad gin,
And like a fool I mixed them, and it strangled up my mind,
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