Re: nullif BUG???

From: "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: "guard" <guard(at)ficnet(dot)net>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: nullif BUG???
Date: 2001-07-27 15:19:41
Message-ID: web-92561@davinci.ethosmedia.com
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Guard,

> > select nullif(NULL,5)
>
> +--------+
> | case |
> +--------+
> | <Null> |
> +--------+
>

Er... what were you expecting, exactly?

Except for IS NULL (and COALESCE, which uses IS NULL) any operation
involving a NULL is also NULL.

-Josh

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