Re: how do you print (check for) boolean value?

Oracle does not use boolean data types.

In article <89mb3s$t26$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,   Sharkie <sharkie2_at_my-deja.com> wrote:
> I'm doing some debugging in a PL/SQL procedure. I'm trying to print
 out
> a boolean value to a temp table. However Oracle doesn't like it.
> Here's what I have:
>
> <procedure snippet>
> procedure some_procedure is
>
> v_some_variable boolean;
>
> begin
> --some_function returns boolean value:
> v_some_variable := some_function(some_parameters);
>
> insert into temp values(v_some_variable);
>
> end;
> </procedure snippet>
>
> When I try to compile this, Oracle responds:
> <Oracle response>
> (1):PLS-00382: expression is of wrong type
> (2):PL/SQL: SQL Statement ignored
> </Oracle response>
>
> Is there a way to print out this value somehow? I was looking
> at different conversion functions, but couldn't find anything
> related to boolean values.
>
> For now, what I do is:
>
> <workaround snippet>
> if (v_some_variable=true) then
> insert into temp('true');
> else
> insert into temp('false');
> endif;
> </workaround snippet>
>
> It works, but isn't there a way to check out this value directly?
>
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