Re: Inconsistent display of NULL and empty string values

From: Raymond O'Donnell <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
To: Arkadiusz Piekarz <piekarzarkadiusz(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Inconsistent display of NULL and empty string values
Date: 2012-10-08 17:03:21
Message-ID: 50730759.9080909@iol.ie
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On 08/10/2012 17:55, Arkadiusz Piekarz wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a usability problem with pgAdmin, namely it displays certain
> values in different ways depending on a part of the application.
> Here is a screenshot of the problem: http://i.imgur.com/xrEYt.jpg
>
> NULL values are shown as <NULL> in the query editor, but as empty
> cells in the data editor.
> Empty strings are shown as empty cells in the query editor, but they
> are double apostrophes in the data one.
>
> This issue makes it hard to check data in the tables, because you
> constantly have to remind yourself how the data is represented in each
> view.

+1 to the above - if it's possible, I'd also like to see consistency
across all of PgAdmin on the display of nulls in particular.

Ray.

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Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland
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