From: | Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org> |
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To: | Matt <survivedsushi(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #1839: insert into table (column) values (nullif('','')); |
Date: | 2005-08-22 15:07:27 |
Message-ID: | 20050822150727.GA60276@winnie.fuhr.org |
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On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:17:28PM +0100, Matt wrote:
>
> insert into table (column) values (nullif('',''));
> ERROR: column "column" is of type boolean but
> expression is of type text.
>
> inserting NULL works. nullif('','') should return NULL
> if both values are equal? It works in MSSQL.
NULLIF's return type is derived from the argument types; for more
information see "UNION, CASE, and ARRAY Constructs" in the "Type
Conversion" chapter of the documentation (NULLIF is a CASE construct):
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/typeconv-union-case.html
The type resolution behavior is defined in the SQL standard (9.3
"Set operation result data types" in SQL92; 9.3 "Data types of
results of aggregations" in SQL:1999).
> Is there different function to accomplish a insert
> nullif('','') test.
What are the possible values of NULLIF's arguments? It's not
clear what should happen if they're *not* equal. What value
should the boolean column receive in the following case?
INSERT INTO table (column) VALUES (NULLIF('abc', ''));
Can you tell us more about what the NULLIF is trying to achieve?
--
Michael Fuhr
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