Re: index doesn't work for null?

From: Per-Olof Pettersson <pgsql(at)peope(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: index doesn't work for null?
Date: 2001-05-15 23:45:26
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Hi Alex

I have no idea if it is a known issue.
Though "field=null" is not allowed in standard SQL.
The correct statement should be "select from xx where field IS NULL;".

Perhaps it will be handled better (or not).

Best regards
Per-Olof Pettersson

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

On 2001-05-16, 00:21:34, alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com (Alex Pilosov) wrote regarding
index doesn't work for null?:

> I have a bit of a problem:

> 'select from xx where field=null' will always result in seq scan even
when
> there's a [btree] index on the field.

> Is this a known issue?

> -alex

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