The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 5783
Logged by: Adrian Klaver
Email address: adrian.klaver@gmail.com
PostgreSQL version: 9.0.1
Operating system: Linux Ubuntu 10.04
Description: plpythonu bool behavior change
Details:
Seems there was a change in behavior for plpythonu with regards to boolean
fields from 8.4 to 9.0. Previously, setting a field inside a plpythonu
function to "f" would work, now that returns a 't' in the database field. To
get the 'f' to appear I have to specify False inside the function. The only
thing I can find in recent commits that would apply is:
http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb?p=postgresql.git;a=commit;h=09130e5867d49c7
2ef0f11bef30c5385d83bf194
Below is test case that illustrates what I am seeing in 9.0.1:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS plpython_type;
CREATE TABLE plpython_type
(id integer,
txt_fld text,
bool_fld boolean
);
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS plpython_test();
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION plpython_test()
RETURNS trigger AS
$Body$
TD["new"]["bool_fld"] = "f"
return "MODIFY"
$Body$
LANGUAGE plpythonu;
CREATE TRIGGER plpython_trg
BEFORE INSERT
ON plpython_type
FOR EACH ROW
EXECUTE PROCEDURE plpython_test();
INSERT INTO plpython_type VALUES (1,'test');
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION plpython_test()
RETURNS trigger AS
$Body$
TD["new"]["bool_fld"] = False
return "MODIFY"
$Body$
LANGUAGE plpythonu;
INSERT INTO plpython_type VALUES (2,'test');
SELECT * FROM plpython_type;
Result:
id | txt_fld | bool_fld
----+---------+----------
1 | test | t
2 | test | f
(2 rows)