On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Peter Headlandpheadl...@actuate.com wrote:
I know, I know, PostgreSQL has Booleans that work very nicely.
Unfortunately, I have to create a schema that will work on Oracle as well as
PostgreSQL, by which I mean that a single set of Java/JDBC code has to work
The most transportable method would be to use either a char(1) or an
int with a check constraint.
mybool char(1) check (mybool in ('t','f'))
mybool int check (mybool =0 and =1)
I would decide depending on the application requirement. If my Oracle
should look similar to PostgreSQL use the
On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 00:13 -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Peter Headlandpheadl...@actuate.com wrote:
I know, I know, PostgreSQL has Booleans that work very nicely.
Unfortunately, I have to create a schema that will work on Oracle as well as
PostgreSQL, by
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Simon Riggssi...@2ndquadrant.com wrote:
Integer works best since it converts easily to boolean
mybool smallint check (mybool in (0, 1))
You can use char also, but the syntax is less clear.
Hm, I was going to suggest using boolean in postgres and making a
I know, I know, PostgreSQL has Booleans that work very nicely.
Unfortunately, I have to create a schema that will work on Oracle as
well as PostgreSQL, by which I mean that a single set of Java/JDBC code
has to work with both databases. I have an XML meta-schema that enables
me to generate
