Re: Supporting NULL elements in arrays

From: Harald Fuchs <hf0923x(at)protecting(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Supporting NULL elements in arrays
Date: 2005-11-08 15:41:24
Message-ID: 871x1r1717.fsf@srv.protecting.net
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In article <4370B990(dot)7090100(at)dunslane(dot)net>,
Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:

> Tom Lane wrote:

>> "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
>>
>>> it's great news. My personal opinion about formating NULL values
>>> '{a, NULL, b}' -- longer, clean NULL is NULL
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, that already has a meaning, and it's not that.
>>
>>
>>

> What a pity. I don't see any alternative to the empty element proposal
> -
> it's worth the possible breakage.

How about '{a, \N, b}'?

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