Re: Re: index doesn't work for null?

Sorry bout that. Actually query does 'is null', I made a mistake in
my post.

-alex

On Tue, 15 May 2001, Per-Olof Pettersson wrote:

> Hi Alex
>
> I have no idea if it is a known issue.
> Though "field=null" is not allowed in standard SQL.
> The correct statement should be "select from xx where field IS NULL;".
>
> Perhaps it will be handled better (or not).
>
> Best regards
> Per-Olof Pettersson
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 2001-05-16, 00:21:34, alex(at)pilosoft(dot)com (Alex Pilosov) wrote regarding
> index doesn't work for null?:
>
>
> > I have a bit of a problem:
>
> > 'select from xx where field=null' will always result in seq scan even
> when
> > there's a [btree] index on the field.
>
> > Is this a known issue?
>
> > -alex
>
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