[open-ils-commits] r8361 - trunk/Open-ILS/src/python/oils/utils

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Author: erickson
Date: 2008-01-09 09:52:48 -0500 (Wed, 09 Jan 2008)
New Revision: 8361

Modified:
   trunk/Open-ILS/src/python/oils/utils/utils.py
Log:
added an is_true function

Modified: trunk/Open-ILS/src/python/oils/utils/utils.py
===================================================================
--- trunk/Open-ILS/src/python/oils/utils/utils.py	2008-01-09 14:39:47 UTC (rev 8360)
+++ trunk/Open-ILS/src/python/oils/utils/utils.py	2008-01-09 14:52:48 UTC (rev 8361)
@@ -49,7 +49,13 @@
         o[x] = 1
     return o.keys()
 
+def is_db_true(data):
+    ''' Returns true if the data provided matches what the database considers a true value '''
+    if not data or data == 'f' or str(data) == '0':
+        return False
+    return True
 
+
 def login(username, password, type=None, workstation=None):
     ''' Login to the server and get back an authtoken'''