Re: Show NULL values AS <NULL> not working

One more thing. If the value is the empty string, then in the View Data
shows it as ''

On Jan 14, 2008 4:49 PM, Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam-lists(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk>
wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> A bit more info.
>
> If I write a query manually (i.e. SELECT * FROM table) then the column
> shows up as "<NULL>" which is what I expect.
> However, if I write click the table and hit the "View Data" menu option,
> the column is blank.
>
> Andy.
>
> On 1/14/08, Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam-lists(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dave and team,
> >
> > Another slight bug (I think):
> >
> > I have a table which has a column called "first_invalid" which should be
> > a timestamp if the record is invalid, or NULL if it's valid.
> > In PgAdmin I have the "Show NULL values as <NULL>" option enabled, but
> > it still displays a blank cell for this column.
> >
> > The reason why I think it may not be a bug, is I tried doing this:
> >
> > "SELECT COALESCE(first_invalid, '<NULL>') AS first_invalid FROM table"
> >
> > but PostgreSQL threw it out because "<NULL>" is not a valid timestamp -
> > instead I had to do:
> >
> > "SELECT COALESCE(first_invalid, '1900-01-01') AS first_invalid FROM
> > table"
> >
> > to prove the column is in fact NULL, and I do get: "1900-01-01
> > 00:00:00+00" for this record, but in the data entry grid, PgAdmin still
> > displays it blank.
> >
> > Question: is this a bug, or intended behaviour?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
>