Re: When is a record NULL?

From: Joshua Tolley <eggyknap(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: When is a record NULL?
Date: 2009-07-24 13:36:46
Message-ID: 20090724133646.GB6606@eddie
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 06:46:25PM -0700, David E. Wheeler wrote:
> Yes, but given that the standard says that `ROW(1, NULL)` is NULL, then I
> would expect it to be NOT DISTINCT from `ROW(2, NULL)`.

Wait, didn't we decide upthread that the standard said ROW(1, NULL) isn't
NULL?

(From Tom):
> This is per SQL standard. IS NULL is true if *all* the record's
> fields are null; IS NOT NULL is true if *none* of them are.

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Joshua Tolley / eggyknap
End Point Corporation
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