diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
index d9e09c01dd1f1b69fe10f7d2456eaeab1c6d8006..73575cbaca544a035d02039a84778a5ad22e8028 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc1/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -419,10 +419,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    if (isReadOnly(column))
-      return true;
-    else
-      return false;
+    return !isReadOnly(column);
   }
   
   /**
diff --git a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
index 5d878b149e43223149d685bc995878520a4cf885..d1db49c054bdc818a79209f4943a41f25df6a11a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
+++ b/src/interfaces/jdbc/org/postgresql/jdbc2/ResultSetMetaData.java
@@ -414,10 +414,7 @@ public class ResultSetMetaData implements java.sql.ResultSetMetaData
    */
   public boolean isWritable(int column) throws SQLException
   {
-    if (isReadOnly(column))
-      return true;
-    else
-      return false;
+    return !isReadOnly(column);
   }
   
   /**