From bb78e1ccce9605b7db96de04886d6447aaf00fae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "K.Filippopolitis" <56073635+KFilippopolitis@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:19:05 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Relaxed the validation of the filter values. (#481)

---
 exareme2/data_filters.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/exareme2/data_filters.py b/exareme2/data_filters.py
index 3d9014e21..1e3ec77fc 100644
--- a/exareme2/data_filters.py
+++ b/exareme2/data_filters.py
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ def _check_value_type(column: str, value, cdes):
 def _check_value_column_same_type(column, value, cdes):
     column_sql_type = cdes[column].sql_type
     dtype = DType.from_cde(column_sql_type)
-    if type(value) is not dtype.to_py():
+    try:
+        value = dtype.to_py()(value)
+    except ValueError:
         raise FilterError(
             f"{column}'s type: {column_sql_type} was different from the type of the given value:{type(value)}"
         )