Re: x = NULL

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: x = NULL
Date: 2001-09-18 17:57:39
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.30.0109181953340.680-100000@peter.localdomain
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I'm getting tired of this, so unless someone can present a reason not to,
I'll implement a GUC parameter to turn this off -- and turn it off by
default.

I wrote:

> The x = NULL hack keeps biting people. Innocent people should not be
> exposed to incorrect behaviour because of (supposed) MS Access breakage.
> I strongly urge that we do one of the following:
>
> 1) Provide a tunable knob to turn this on (cf. KSQO)
>
> 2) Confine this to the ODBC driver somehow (which could be done via #1)
>
> Actually, last time we discussed this there was some confusion whether
> Access actually had the bug in question. That might be worth figuring
> out.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter

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