Re:

Sure, you just need a constraint:

create table test (info text constraint "no blanks" check (info<>'' and info<>' ') not null);
CREATE TABLE
insert into test (info) values ('');
ERROR: new row for relation "test" violates CHECK constraint "no blanks"

I'm not sure how to add constraints to already existing tables, so you
might wanna do this in a test table, move your data over, then rename
tables to swap in the new table.

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, S.P.Vimala wrote:

>
>
> I think u are right, My code goes like this.......
>
>
> This is what i do in my html page
> $result = insert_user($userloginid,$username,$password,$usertype,$txtAddress,
> $phoneno,$email);
>
> The function insert_user is like this.
>
> function insert_user($loginid,$username,$password,$usertype,$txtAddress,$phoneno,$email){
> if($dbhandle=get_dbconnection())
> {
> $query="insert into vyapar_user values('". $loginid .
> "','" . $username . "','" . $password . "','" . $usertype . "','" .
> $txtAddress . "','" . $phoneno . "','" . $email . "')";
> $result=pg_exec($dbhandle,$query);
> if(!result)
> return null;
> else
> return $result;
> }
> }
>
>
> I need to prevent '' as well as ' ' entry into the db which are also null
> values may be not theoritically but in practice they are....
>
> so any suggestions?
>
>
>
> > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, S.P.Vimala wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a table in postgresql db with the following description.
> > >
> > > - Table: vyapar_user
> > > CREATE TABLE vyapar_user (
> > > loginid varchar(150) NOT NULL,
> > > name varchar(150) NOT NULL,
> > > "password" varchar(32) NOT NULL,
> > > "type" varchar(10) NOT NULL,
> > > address varchar(100) NOT NULL,
> > > phone varchar(15),
> > > email varchar(20),
> > > creationdate date DEFAULT date('now'::text),
> > > expriydate date DEFAULT (date('now'::text) + 360),
> > > CONSTRAINT vyapar_user_pk PRIMARY KEY (loginid)
> > > ) WITH OIDS;
> > >
> > >
> > > If i try inserting NULL values from backend, then it gives me an
> > > error. But thru php, its adds null values without any errors. Any idea
> > > how to solve this issue.....
> >
> > I'll need to see some sample code. In my experience, PHP cannot insert
> > NULLS into not null fields.
> >
> > Are you sure you're not inserting '' and thinking of it as NULL? They're
> > not the same.
> >
> >
> > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> > TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your
> > joining column's datatypes do not match
> >
>
>