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The BOOL data type stores a Boolean value of false or true.
Aliases
In CockroachDB, BOOLEAN is an alias for BOOL.
Syntax
There are two predefined named constants for BOOL: TRUE and FALSE (the names are case-insensitive).
Alternately, a boolean value can be obtained by coercing a numeric value: zero is coerced to FALSE, and any non-zero value to TRUE.
CAST(0 AS BOOL)(false)CAST(123 AS BOOL)(true)
Size
A BOOL value is 1 byte in width, but the total storage size is likely to be larger due to CockroachDB metadata.
Examples
> CREATE TABLE bool (a INT PRIMARY KEY, b BOOL, c BOOLEAN); > SHOW COLUMNS FROM bool; +-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------+-------------+ | column_name | data_type | is_nullable | column_default | generation_expression | indices | +-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------+-------------+ | a | INT | false | NULL | | {"primary"} | | b | BOOL | true | NULL | | {} | | c | BOOL | true | NULL | | {} | +-------------+-----------+-------------+----------------+-----------------------+-------------+ (3 rows) > INSERT INTO bool VALUES (12345, true, CAST(0 AS BOOL)); > SELECT * FROM bool; +-------+------+-------+ | a | b | c | +-------+------+-------+ | 12345 | true | false | +-------+------+-------+ Supported casting and conversion
BOOL values can be cast to any of the following data types:
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
INT | Converts true to 1, false to 0 |
DECIMAL | Converts true to 1, false to 0 |
FLOAT | Converts true to 1, false to 0 |
STRING | –– |