On 20 August 2012 23:06, Phil Sorber <p...@omniti.com> wrote: > > 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.
Yes. :) -- Thom -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers