On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jean-Christian Imbeault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Oops, I meant to say can someone point me to a ressource (SQL standard
> > and section?) which states that true/false must be used for booleans :)
>
> Well, there is no boolean type per se in SQL92. But there is in SQL99.
> I think the most relevant part of the spec is the definition of boolean
> literals in section 5.3:
>
> <boolean literal> ::=
> TRUE
> | FALSE
> | UNKNOWN
Was it pulled from SQL92 before it went standard? My copy of the
pre-release lists a boolean type, just like the 99 standard does.
further, intermediate SQL compliance has this in it:
24)Subclause 8.12, "<search condition>":
a) A <boolean test> shall not specify a <truth value>.
Does that mean you should only use the "is true" suntax, not the =true?
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