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1 files changed, 36 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/bin/psql/variables.c b/src/bin/psql/variables.c
index 52ee0bd710c..76b9294cf08 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/variables.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/variables.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2008, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/variables.c,v 1.28 2008/01/01 19:45:56 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/bin/psql/variables.c,v 1.29 2008/05/07 02:33:52 momjian Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "common.h"
@@ -48,21 +48,48 @@ GetVariable(VariableSpace space, const char *name)
return NULL;
}
+/*
+ * Try to interpret value as boolean value. Valid values are: true,
+ * false, yes, no, on, off, 1, 0; as well as unique prefixes thereof.
+ */
bool
-ParseVariableBool(const char *val)
+ParseVariableBool(const char *value)
{
- if (val == NULL)
+ size_t len;
+
+ if (value == NULL)
return false; /* not set -> assume "off" */
- if (pg_strcasecmp(val, "off") == 0)
- return false; /* accept "off" or "OFF" as true */
- /*
- * for backwards compatibility, anything except "off" or "OFF" is taken as
- * "true"
- */
+ len = strlen(value);
+
+ if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "true", len) == 0)
+ return true;
+ else if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "false", len) == 0)
+ return false;
+ else if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "yes", len) == 0)
+ return true;
+ else if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "no", len) == 0)
+ return false;
+ /* 'o' is not unique enough */
+ else if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "on", (len > 2 ? len : 2)) == 0)
+ return true;
+ else if (pg_strncasecmp(value, "off", (len > 2 ? len : 2)) == 0)
+ return false;
+ else if (pg_strcasecmp(value, "1") == 0)
+ return true;
+ else if (pg_strcasecmp(value, "0") == 0)
+ return false;
+ else
+ {
+ /* NULL is treated as false, so a non-matching value is 'true' */
+ psql_error("unrecognized boolean value; assuming \"on\".\n");
+ return true;
+ }
+ /* suppress compiler warning */
return true;
}
+
/*
* Read numeric variable, or defaultval if it is not set, or faultval if its
* value is not a valid numeric string. If allowtrail is false, this will