Thread: Is there a way to return "true"/"false" string for boolean type?
Hello Gurus,
I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.
When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.
Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?
I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.
Thank you,
Choon Park
On 7 January 2014 19:11, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Gurus,I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.Thank you,Choon Park
Hi,
if you cast the boolean values to text, then you should get 'true'/'false':
SELECT true::boolean::text, false::boolean::text;
text | text
------+-------
true | false
(1 row)
Does it solve your problem? Why do you want to have true/false instead of t/f?
regards,
Szymon
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun@gmail.com> wrote:
On 7 January 2014 19:11, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:Hello Gurus,I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.Thank you,Choon ParkHi,if you cast the boolean values to text, then you should get 'true'/'false':SELECT true::boolean::text, false::boolean::text;text | text------+-------true | false(1 row)Does it solve your problem? Why do you want to have true/false instead of t/f?regards,Szymon
In the custom stored function, I'm returning a resultset using hstore function.
RETURN QUERY SELECT a few other columns, hstore(t.*) FROM table t WHERE condition.
I don't want to change it to
SELECT a few other columns, hstore('c1', CAST(t.c1 AS TEXT)) || hstore('c2', CAST(t.c2 AS TEXT)) || ...hstore('cn', t.cn::text) || ... FROM table t WHERE condition.
Thanks,
Choon Park
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:41 AM, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun@gmail.com> wrote:On 7 January 2014 19:11, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:Hello Gurus,I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.Thank you,Choon ParkHi,if you cast the boolean values to text, then you should get 'true'/'false':SELECT true::boolean::text, false::boolean::text;text | text------+-------true | false(1 row)Does it solve your problem? Why do you want to have true/false instead of t/f?regards,SzymonIn the custom stored function, I'm returning a resultset using hstore function.RETURN QUERY SELECT a few other columns, hstore(t.*) FROM table t WHERE condition.I don't want to change it toSELECT a few other columns, hstore('c1', CAST(t.c1 AS TEXT)) || hstore('c2', CAST(t.c2 AS TEXT)) || ...hstore('cn', t.cn::text) || ... FROM table t WHERE condition.
Can you use json instead of hstore?
# select * from test;
id | b
----+---
1 | t
2 | f
# select to_json(test) from test;
to_json
--------------------
{"id":1,"b":true}
{"id":2,"b":false}
Joe
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Joe Van Dyk <joe@tanga.com> wrote:
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:41 AM, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:29 PM, Szymon Guz <mabewlun@gmail.com> wrote:On 7 January 2014 19:11, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:Hello Gurus,I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.Thank you,Choon ParkHi,if you cast the boolean values to text, then you should get 'true'/'false':SELECT true::boolean::text, false::boolean::text;text | text------+-------true | false(1 row)Does it solve your problem? Why do you want to have true/false instead of t/f?regards,SzymonIn the custom stored function, I'm returning a resultset using hstore function.RETURN QUERY SELECT a few other columns, hstore(t.*) FROM table t WHERE condition.I don't want to change it toSELECT a few other columns, hstore('c1', CAST(t.c1 AS TEXT)) || hstore('c2', CAST(t.c2 AS TEXT)) || ...hstore('cn', t.cn::text) || ... FROM table t WHERE condition.Can you use json instead of hstore?# select * from test;id | b----+---1 | t2 | f# select to_json(test) from test;to_json--------------------{"id":1,"b":true}{"id":2,"b":false}Joe
to_json can be a good solution for me. Unfortunately, at this moment, we don't have a plan to upgrade 9.1 to 9.3. I should still rely on hstore function to hold key/value pairs.
-Choon Park
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 10:11 AM, ChoonSoo Park <luispark@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Gurus,I have several tables with lots of boolean columns.When I run select query for the tables, I always get 't' or 'f' for boolean types.Is there a way to return 'true' or 'false' string for boolean type except using CASE WHEN ... clause?I mean global postgres configuration setting to return 'true'/'false' instead of t/f.
Question for others..
hstore(record) doesn't seem to cast the rows to text using the normal text cast, right? Why is that?
If I have a table with a boolean column and I call hstore(table), I see 't', not 'true'.
But true::text is 'true' and false::text is 'false'.