Re: Document NULL

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: 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: 2024-06-17 18:27:09
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYDaQuHAtzdBg_i3J4LJ_FOYbyDgxF8r0C=fQPgq-Ho7g@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, May 11, 2024 at 11:00 AM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Though I haven’t settled on a phrasing I really like. But I’m trying to
> avoid a parenthetical.
>
>
Settled on this:

The cardinal rule, a null value is neither
<link linkend="functions-comparison-op-table">equal nor unequal</link>
to any value, including other null values.

I've been tempted to just say, "to any value.", but cannot quite bring
myself to do it...

David J.

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