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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: pgsql: pgbench: Improve handling of NULL in \gset and \aset
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 04:11:22 +0000
Message-ID: <E1x4W88-00000004EEa-3yd1@gemulon.postgresql.org> (raw)

pgbench: Improve handling of NULL in \gset and \aset

Previously, readCommandResponse() stored every column with PQgetvalue(),
which returns an empty string for the SQL NULL value.  An empty string
is not a valid value in the pgbench expression language, and when
returned by the server it was also indistinguishable from a NULL.

When receiving a value, pgbench now checks for PQgetisnull() and sets a
NULL value with setNullValue() before saving it.  This behavior is more
consistent with \set, making the result saved testable with IS NULL.

This is a quality-of-life improvement, so no backpatch is done.

Author: Shinya Kato <shinya11.kato@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Shihao Zhong <zhong950419@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAOzEurT9J9QMmpJt_8pWZCziNYCUHOD=c-hoccOVYJLc_VxVRg@mail.gmail.com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/d8304bc661c29600f82ba62719457837edf47b08

Modified Files
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src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c                    | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
src/bin/pgbench/t/001_pgbench_with_server.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)



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