| From: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Verhaag, G(dot)" <G(dot)Verhaag(at)lrcb(dot)umcn(dot)nl> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: NULL values for geometric type? |
| Date: | 2003-06-12 14:14:45 |
| Message-ID: | 20030612071106.Y25221-100000@megazone23.bigpanda.com |
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On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Verhaag, G. wrote:
> Dear list-member,
>
> Am I right in saying that geometric types like POINT, BOX,CIRCLE do
> not accept NULL values? I receive the following message: ERROR:
> copy: line 1, Bad box external representation 'NULL', when trying just
> that!
It looks like you're probably trying to insert the text NULL rather than a
NULL into the column. I can insert a NULL with insert or in a copy if I
use the correct nullstring (you can set what is read as a null with a NULL
[ AS ] 'nullstring' option to copy. Can you give a full example of what
you were trying?
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