Re: Comparing dates in DDL

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Comparing dates in DDL
Date: 2019-01-04 17:33:24
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbBQzEhUqQHm0zYPJ3aXbRYWO3pb=2k9_qM_O_C8EajkA@mail.gmail.com
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On Friday, January 4, 2019, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Jan 2019, David G. Johnston wrote:
>
> The is null expression is redundant since check constraints pass when the
>> result is unknown.
>>
>
> David,
>
> I wondered about this since NULL can be missing, unknown, or otherwise
> defined. Are there benefits to allowing an empty value in that column when
> checking that it's later than the start date rather than explicitly setting
> a default date after the start date?
>
>
I don’t understand the question...

David J.

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