Re: select an entry with a NULL date field

From: Mark Volpe <volpe(dot)mark(at)epamail(dot)epa(dot)gov>
To: Web Manager <web(at)inter-resa(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: select an entry with a NULL date field
Date: 2000-08-14 17:33:11
Message-ID: 39982D57.EA00C0C6@epamail.epa.gov
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The syntax you're looking for is:

SELECT entry_id FROM tbl_date WHERE date_02 IS NULL;

Mark

Web Manager wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with PostgreSQL when I try to select or delete an entry
> with an empty date. That's a typical entry
>
> Table tbl_date
> -----------------------------
> entry_id 154
> date_01 2000-01-15
> date_02 this date is NULL
> name my_test
> -----------------------------
>
> I want to select every entry containing date_02 as NULL
> I tried :
> >select entry_id from tbl_date where date_02=NULL;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "null"
> >select entry_id from tbl_date where date_02='';
> Not work, that's a wrong date format
> >select entry_id from tbl_date where date_02="";
> Not work, "" considered as an attribute
>
> Thank you for your time!
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Marc Andre Paquin

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