MySQL and Postgresql use BOOL/BOOLEAN for Boolean types

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Fixed:
 - CSV export was busted (as was any action returning a result)
 - MultiMapping deviated from the Zope C implementation in a number of
   places (thanks Toby Sargeant)
+- MySQL and Postgresql use BOOL/BOOLEAN for Boolean types
 
 
 2004-03-27 0.7.0b2

doc/whatsnew-0.7.txt

@@ -309,9 +309,8 @@ New configuration options
 Typed columns in RDBMS backends
 -------------------------------
 
-The MySQL (and Postgresql for that matter) backend now creates tables with
-appropriate column datatypes (not just varchar). Sqlite got the typing
-too, but it ignores the datatypes :)
+The SQLite, MySQL and Postgresql backends now create tables with
+appropriate column datatypes (not just varchar).
 
 Your database will be automatically migrated to use the new schemas, but
 it will take time. It's probably a good idea to make sure you do this as
@@ -363,7 +362,7 @@ New auditor fixes Outlook bug
 The new optional auditor ``detectors/emailauditor.py`` fires whenever a
 new file entity is created.
 
-If the file is of type message/rfc822, we tack onthe extension .eml.
+If the file is of type message/rfc822, we tack on the extension .mht.
 
 The reason for this is that Microsoft Internet Explorer will not open
 things with a .eml attachment, as they deem it 'unsafe'. Worse yet,

roundup/backends/back_mysql.py

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Database(Database):
         hyperdb.Link   : 'INTEGER',
         hyperdb.Interval  : 'VARCHAR(255)',
         hyperdb.Password  : 'VARCHAR(255)',
-        hyperdb.Boolean   : 'INTEGER',
+        hyperdb.Boolean   : 'BOOL',
         hyperdb.Number    : 'REAL',
     }
 

roundup/backends/rdbms_common.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: rdbms_common.py,v 1.86 2004-03-24 04:57:25 richard Exp $
+# $Id: rdbms_common.py,v 1.87 2004-03-31 07:25:14 richard Exp $
 ''' Relational database (SQL) backend common code.
 
 Basics:
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def reindex(self):
         hyperdb.Link   : 'INTEGER',
         hyperdb.Interval  : 'VARCHAR(255)',
         hyperdb.Password  : 'VARCHAR(255)',
-        hyperdb.Boolean   : 'INTEGER',
+        hyperdb.Boolean   : 'BOOLEAN',
         hyperdb.Number    : 'REAL',
     }
     def determine_columns(self, properties):
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ def clear(self):
         hyperdb.Link   : int,
         hyperdb.Interval  : lambda x: x.serialise(),
         hyperdb.Password  : str,
-        hyperdb.Boolean   : int,
+        hyperdb.Boolean   : lambda x: x and 'TRUE' or 'FALSE',
         hyperdb.Number    : lambda x: x,
     }
     def addnode(self, classname, nodeid, node):