Re: Document NULL

From: Kashif Zeeshan <kashi(dot)zeeshan(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Document NULL
Date: 2024-05-03 05:20:32
Message-ID: CAAPsdheQeD7NPxWDkRg4_A6jdNDrbgZczNKODuvGGj9psv2ctA@mail.gmail.com
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Hi David

I reviewed the documentation and it's very detailed.

Thanks
Kashif Zeeshan
Bitnine Global

On Thu, May 2, 2024 at 8:24 PM David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 9:47 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> > Let's bash it into shape a bit more before going any further on actual
>> wording.
>>
>> FWIW, I want to push back on the idea of making it a tutorial section.
>> I too considered that, but in the end I think it's a better idea to
>> put it into the "main" docs, for two reasons:
>>
>>
> Version 2 attached. Still a draft, focused on topic picking and overall
> structure. Examples and links planned plus the usual semantic markup stuff.
>
> I chose to add a new sect1 in the user guide (The SQL Language) chapter,
> "Data". Don't tell Robert.
>
> The "Data Basics" sub-section lets us readily slide this Chapter into the
> main flow and here the NULL discussion feels like a natural fit. In
> hindsight, the lack of a Data chapter in a Database manual seems like an
> oversight. One easily made because we assume if you are here you "know"
> what data is, but there is still stuff to be discussed, if nothing else to
> establish a common understanding between us and our users.
>
> David J.
>
>
>

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