X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A3479DC9E3 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:02:32 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42125-07 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:02:31 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2766A9DC887 for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 17:02:27 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k0NL2CRk008506; Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:02:12 -0500 (EST) To: Greg Stark cc: "Jesper K. Pedersen" , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: How to implement Microsoft Access boolean (YESNO) In-reply-to: <873bjewts8.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> References: <20060122211351.371f20d8@io.solnet> <22008.1137962771@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20060122221328.433038a9@io.solnet> <873bjewts8.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Comments: In-reply-to Greg Stark message dated "23 Jan 2006 15:53:11 -0500" Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:02:12 -0500 Message-ID: <8505.1138050132@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.096 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.096] X-Spam-Score: 0.096 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200601/149 X-Sequence-Number: 23938 Greg Stark writes: > "Jesper K. Pedersen" writes: >> Having checked the I/O format it seems that MS Access exports the >> values of a YESNO field as 0 and 1 > If only Postgres's boolean type were as helpful. There's a cast to int in 8.1, and you can roll-your-own easily in prior releases ... regards, tom lane