| From: | Don Baccus <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com> |
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| To: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>, "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | RE: comparing rows |
| Date: | 2000-08-03 13:22:10 |
| Message-ID: | 3.0.1.32.20000803062210.014e04f0@mail.pacifier.com |
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At 10:15 AM 8/3/00 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>Isn't it just plain *wrong* to state that null = null? After all, NULL is
>unknown, and is not equal to anything, no?
According to the standard, yes, it is wrong.
>Perhaps it would be more correct for postgresql to provide an option for
>"non-ANSI null handling" as well? And leaving ANSI compliant handling as the
>default?
I would think so.
- Don Baccus, Portland OR <dhogaza(at)pacifier(dot)com>
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