Re: when to use NULL and when to NOT NULL DEFAULT ''

From: Terry Lee Tucker <terry(at)esc1(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: when to use NULL and when to NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
Date: 2004-10-08 10:20:48
Message-ID: 200410080620.48371.terry@esc1.com
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Why would you never define a column as NOT NULL, or am I misunderstanding what
you are saying?

On Friday 08 October 2004 06:07 am, Peter Eisentraut saith:
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> Briefly, you always do the first and never do the second.
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