Re: Document NULL

From: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos(at)f10(dot)com(dot)br>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Yugo NAGATA <nagata(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Document NULL
Date: 2025-03-11 20:18:28
Message-ID: CAB-JLwbKPK6jx9DkAugE09q0RxYtQTbDGfO4OutpHd13=_qSgw@mail.gmail.com
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Em ter., 11 de mar. de 2025 às 16:47, David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> escreveu:

> Since COPY uses \N I figured it was a decent choice. <null> or <NULL> came
>> to mind too, but there were long compared to 1, 2, and 4 that appear along
>> side it.
>>
> Well, I would use <null>, it doesn't need any explanation and we could use
it everywhere else.
I understand that this page we have more NULL values than everywhere else
combined, but it's a good opportunity to set a standard for all
documentation

regards
Marcos

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