Re: Dates and NULL's`

From: Brent Dombrowski <brent(dot)dombrowski(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: John Fabiani <johnf(at)jfcomputer(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dates and NULL's`
Date: 2011-05-10 20:33:12
Message-ID: 7E925851-8A86-4922-87D4-88F37F86C101@gmail.com
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On May 10, 2011, at 9:48 AM, John Fabiani wrote:

> Hi,
> Maybe this is a dumb question but if I have a date field that contains a NULL
> will it show up when I ask for a where date range for the same date field.
>
> Where mydate >= "2011/04/01"::date and mydate<= "2011/04/30"::date
>
> With the above where will the NULL's be selected????
>
> I ask because I was always told that a NULL matches everything and nothing!
>
> Johnf
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The NULLs will not be included. NULL matches nothing, not even itself.

Brent D.

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