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. > Regards > > Pavel Stehule > > > > > -- > > Robert Haas > > EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com > > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company > > > > > > -- > > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > > To make changes to your subscription: > > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
