On Aug 20, 2012 5:56 PM, "Thom Brown" <t...@linux.com> wrote: > > On 20 August 2012 22:31, Phil Sorber <p...@omniti.com> wrote: > > On Aug 20, 2012 5:19 PM, "Phil Sorber" <p...@omniti.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Aug 20, 2012 5:11 PM, "Pavel Stehule" <pavel.steh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > 2012/8/20 Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com>: > >> > > On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Phil Sorber <p...@omniti.com> wrote: > >> > >> I am providing a patch to allow you to change the output of a boolean > >> > >> value in psql much like you can do with NULL. A client requested this > >> > >> feature and we thought it may appeal to someone else in the > >> > >> community. > >> > >> > >> > >> The patch includes updated docs and a regression test. The code > >> > >> changes themselves are pretty simple and straightforward. > >> > >> > >> > >> Example from the regression test: > >> > >> > >> > >> SELECT true, false; > >> > >> bool | bool > >> > >> ------+------ > >> > >> t | f > >> > >> (1 row) > >> > >> > >> > >> \pset booltrue 'foo' > >> > >> \pset boolfalse 'bar' > >> > >> SELECT true, false; > >> > >> bool | bool > >> > >> ------+------ > >> > >> foo | bar > >> > >> (1 row) > >> > >> > >> > >> \pset booltrue 't' > >> > >> \pset boolfalse 'f' > >> > >> SELECT true, false; > >> > >> bool | bool > >> > >> ------+------ > >> > >> t | f > >> > >> (1 row) > >> > >> > >> > >> As always, comments welcome. > >> > > > >> > > Why not just do it in the SQL? > >> > > > >> > > SELECT CASE WHEN whatever THEN 'foo' ELSE 'bar' END AS whatever; > >> > > >> > I understand this motivation - although I was more happy with server > >> > side solution. > >> > > >> > >> Was a server side implementation submitted before? I can change it, but I > >> did it on the client side like the null display was done. > > > > Or how about both? > > Surely one would break the other? >
If using both. > -- > Thom