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Rick Hillegas updated DERBY-4658:
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Issue & fix info: [Patch Available]
> Allow explicit casts of string values to BOOLEAN
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> Key: DERBY-4658
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-4658
> Project: Derby
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: SQL
> Reporter: Rick Hillegas
> Assignee: Rick Hillegas
> Attachments: derby-4658-01-aa-booleanCasts.diff
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> The SQL Standard allows strings to be explicitly cast to BOOLEAN values.
> Strings are the only type (other than BOOLEAN itself) which can be cast to
> BOOLEAN. As part of our expanding support for the BOOLEAN datatype, we should
> allow these casts.
> Casting string types to boolean is defined by part 2, section 6.12 (<cast
> specification>), general rule 20:
> a) Trim whitespace off the string
> b) Then apply the rules in section 5.3 (<literal>). This means that the
> trimmed string must be 'TRUE', 'FALSE', or 'UNKNOWN', regardless of case.
> c) Otherwise, raise an exception.
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