Re: [GENERAL] PB with Null string

From: Postgres DBA <postgres(at)nest(dot)bistbn(dot)com>
To: darold <darold(at)neptune(dot)fr>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] PB with Null string
Date: 1998-12-23 09:37:21
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.02.9812231137160.19908-100000@nest.bistbn.com
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Instead you should use "IS NOT NULL" or "IS NULL":
SELECT * FROM t_table WHERE s_string IS NULL;

Aleksey

On Wed, 23 Dec 1998, darold wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> I have tried this query to check if a field is empty:
>
> SELECT * FROM t_table WHERE s_string='';
>
> where s_string is declared as text. But this doesn't work, why? Is
> there's an
> other way to do that ? I have also tried with NULL but I think it is not
> included
> in the 6.3.2...
>
> Thank,
>
> Gilles
>
>
>

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