Re: select * from mytable where myfield=null;

This isn't really a jdbc question and would probably better be addressed
to pgsql-general. The behavior you are now seeing is ANSI Standard
behavior. '= null' should always return false according to the
standard. In 7.2 this non-standard behavior was fixed. You will see
this behavior in all of the interfaces to postgres, not just jdbc.

There is a parameter in the postgresql.conf file that will revert back
to the old buggy behavior (transform_null_equals = true).

thanks,
--Barry

blamouret wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm using Postgresql 7.2.1, with JBoss2.4.4. and jdk1.4
>
> Here is my table :
> id | date | value
> -----+-------------------------+---------
> 1 | 2002-05-10 10:00:00:+02 | 5
> 2 | (null) | 10
> ...
>
> With the jdbc driver, this query doesn't any result :
> Stmt = con.prepareStatement(select * from mytable where date=?)
> Stmt.setNull(1,java.sql.Types.TIMESTAMP);
> Stmt.executeQuery();
>
> I think the jdbc driver transform the query on "select * from mytable
> where date=null" and not "select * from mytable where date is null".
>
> Il seems that select * from mytable where date=null was supported by
> postgres before 7.0 version, but not with the 7.2.1
>
> How can i do ?
> thanks
> Bruno.
>
>
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