XOR logical operator

From: Nagib Abi Fadel <nagib_postgres(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: XOR logical operator
Date: 2003-10-17 08:04:48
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Is there a XOR logical operator in Postgresql, or a
function for XOR ??

I only found in the docs a Binary XOR (#).

I need to do the following checkup:
(field1 is NULL XOR field2 is NULL XOR filed3 is NULL)

i can't right it like this:
(
(field1 is NUll or field2 is NUll)
and (field1 is NUll or field3 is NUll)
and (field2 is NUll or field3 is NUll)
)

But if i have alot of fields :
field1,field2,...,field5
... this will take a hell of a time
I can write a function F1 that does the following:
if a field is NULL it will return 1
else it will return 0

then i can do:
(F1(field1) # F1(field2) # F1(field3) ...)

but i just wanted to see if XOR already exists ...

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