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| author | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-08-21 16:23:46 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> | 2006-08-21 16:23:46 +0000 |
| commit | 548237fc840134bf038433e318b3cd4c30f85912 (patch) | |
| tree | 167beb6d6806efd9493584e949b5f6c6122cdfbf | |
| parent | 35af5422f640e74029a167d106604da35ae64c5f (diff) | |
| download | postgresql-548237fc840134bf038433e318b3cd4c30f85912.tar.gz postgresql-548237fc840134bf038433e318b3cd4c30f85912.zip | |
Remove obsolete tip about casting bool to int, per Taiki Yamaguchi.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml | 15 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml index c5ba6c4d973..68ff7afd039 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.170 2006/08/21 00:57:23 tgl Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml,v 1.171 2006/08/21 16:23:46 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="datatype"> <title id="datatype-title">Data Types</title> @@ -2294,19 +2294,6 @@ SELECT * FROM test1 WHERE a; <literal>t</literal> and <literal>f</literal>. </para> - <tip> - <para> - Values of the <type>boolean</type> type cannot be cast directly - to other types (e.g., <literal>CAST - (<replaceable>boolval</replaceable> AS integer)</literal> does - not work). This can be accomplished using the - <literal>CASE</literal> expression: <literal>CASE WHEN - <replaceable>boolval</replaceable> THEN 'value if true' ELSE - 'value if false' END</literal>. See <xref - linkend="functions-conditional">. - </para> - </tip> - <para> <type>boolean</type> uses 1 byte of storage. </para> |