Re: Boolean without default declared

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: Jon Collette <jon(at)etelos(dot)com>, SQL Postgresql List <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Boolean without default declared
Date: 2007-08-15 21:48:19
Message-ID: 7678.1187214499@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> --- Jon Collette <jon(at)etelos(dot)com> wrote:
>> Thanks that was it exactly. I did notice another strange thing. When
>> using IS NULL in an plpgsql IF statement you have to use ISNULL. Same
>> with NOT NULL. Does this mean that ISNULL is more proper than IS NULL?

IS NULL is in the SQL standard, the other is not; and I dunno what you did
wrong but you certainly don't "have to" use ISNULL in plpgsql.

regards, tom lane

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