Re: Document NULL

From: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos(at)f10(dot)com(dot)br>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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>, 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: 2025-03-12 12:36:23
Message-ID: CAB-JLwbmityi5fGnVVgV28MqFjk5T35YPHntupbW8j6+bU+D9Q@mail.gmail.com
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Em ter., 11 de mar. de 2025 às 17:43, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> escreveu:

> I think that idea (changing all the docs) is a complete nonstarter
> because people would not understand why the results they get don't
> look like what it says in the docs. Of course, we could fix that
> by changing the factory default for \pset null, but that seems like
> even more of a nonstarter.
>

And if we use a tag to display nulls, like <nullvalue>NULL</nullvalue>
Then all null values would be the same, and the user would understand what
it means, because it's painted differently.
And then would be an unique way of appearance, on this page and all others

regards
Marcos

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