Sneaky. Perfect.. Thank you!!! On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:51 PM, Martin Kersten wrote:

Not all direct type cast are supported. In particular, this one is not. You can use the following hack

select (cast (cast (am > 0 as integer) as double)...

regards, Martin

On 5/2/13 10:42 PM, Anthony Damico wrote:

...

Thanks Stefan.. should these commands have worked, then? They do not for me.. Sorry if I'm making a beginner's mistake..

sql>select cast( ( am > 0 ) as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>select cast( ( am > 0 ) as double precision ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>explain select cast( ( am > 0 ) as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>plan select cast( ( am > 0 ) as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>select cast( TRUE as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>explain select cast( TRUE as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>plan select cast( TRUE as double ) as colname from mtcars; types boolean(1,0) and double(53,0) are not equal sql>

On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Stefan Manegold mailto:Stefan.Manegold@cwi.nl**> wrote:

cast syntax is "cast( <expression> as type )"

Anthony Damico mailto:ajdamico@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried lots of different things (pasted below) and none of them worked.

I ended up using a CASE statement which worked around the issue, but I would've thought something like the command..

SELECT ( ( COLNAME > 0 )*1.000 ) AS ANY_VALUE FROM TABLENAME ;

..should give a valid response instead of an error? But I'm not sure if MonetDB wants to support this type of CAST/CONVERT operation? (None of the things I tried worked, not just the on-the-fly multiplication by 1.000).

Using Feb2013-SP2 on Windows x86_64

If MonetDB should be able to convert TRUE/FALSE values to numerics, I'll submit a bug report with some PLAN and EXPLAIN results? :)

Thanks for the great software!!

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