From 5df41fd3a142aa9b03bbfe5502ed2b14899e75ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James McNeill <james.mcneill@conjura.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 21:38:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] implement type_boolean macro

---
 core/dbt/adapters/base/column.py              |  1 +
 .../macros/utils/data_types.sql               | 14 ++++++++++-
 .../utils/data_types/test_type_boolean.py     | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/utils/data_types/test_type_boolean.py

diff --git a/core/dbt/adapters/base/column.py b/core/dbt/adapters/base/column.py
index dba172dad85..b47aac64062 100644
--- a/core/dbt/adapters/base/column.py
+++ b/core/dbt/adapters/base/column.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Column:
         "TIMESTAMP": "TIMESTAMP",
         "FLOAT": "FLOAT",
         "INTEGER": "INT",
+        "BOOLEAN": "BOOLEAN",
     }
     column: str
     dtype: str
diff --git a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/data_types.sql b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/data_types.sql
index 49914e64c12..c4508ff3066 100644
--- a/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/data_types.sql
+++ b/core/dbt/include/global_project/macros/utils/data_types.sql
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ The TIMESTAMP_* variation associated with TIMESTAMP is specified by the TIMESTAM
     {{ return(api.Column.translate_type("float")) }}
 {% endmacro %}
 
-{# numeric  ------------------------------------------------     #}
+{# numeric  -------------------------------------------------     #}
 
 {%- macro type_numeric() -%}
   {{ return(adapter.dispatch('type_numeric', 'dbt')()) }}
@@ -115,3 +115,15 @@ the precision and scale explicitly.)
 
 -- returns 'int' everywhere, except BigQuery, where it returns 'int64'
 -- (but BigQuery also now accepts 'int' as a valid alias for 'int64')
+
+{# bool  -------------------------------------------------     #}
+
+{%- macro type_boolean() -%}
+  {{ return(adapter.dispatch('type_boolean', 'dbt')()) }}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+{%- macro default__type_boolean() -%}
+  {{ return(api.Column.translate_type("boolean")) }}
+{%- endmacro -%}
+
+-- returns 'boolean' everywhere. BigQuery accepts 'boolean' as a valid alias for 'bool'
diff --git a/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/utils/data_types/test_type_boolean.py b/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/utils/data_types/test_type_boolean.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3efd7874236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/adapter/dbt/tests/adapter/utils/data_types/test_type_boolean.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import pytest
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.data_types.base_data_type_macro import BaseDataTypeMacro
+
+seeds__expected_csv = """boolean_col
+True
+""".lstrip()
+
+models__actual_sql = """
+select cast('True' as {{ type_boolean() }}) as boolean_col
+"""
+
+
+class BaseTypeBoolean(BaseDataTypeMacro):
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def seeds(self):
+        return {"expected.csv": seeds__expected_csv}
+
+    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
+    def models(self):
+        return {"actual.sql": self.interpolate_macro_namespace(models__actual_sql, "type_boolean")}
+
+
+class TestTypeBoolean(BaseTypeBoolean):
+    pass

From 2bb86b5eb018726935f61aa9666a5ff00e2cb19e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James McNeill <james.mcneill@conjura.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 23:14:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] changie result

---
 .changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-231414.yaml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-231414.yaml

diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-231414.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-231414.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1db12449d31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20220919-231414.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+kind: Features
+body: add type_boolean as a data type macro
+time: 2022-09-19T23:14:14.9871+01:00
+custom:
+  Author: jpmmcneill
+  Issue: "5739"
+  PR: "5875"