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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
Cc: KES <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Ambiguous usage of 'any' in explanation
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:00:18 -0700
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On Saturday, October 13, 2018, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 12:25:38PM +0300, KES wrote:
> > >or NULL if any of the comparisons result in unknown
> > result in unknown??
>
> Well, SQL has a three-valued logic, and UNKOWN values are treated like
> NULL.  For me they have always been the same, and I would like to avoid
> "unknown" in this context, if possible.
>
>
I was just trying to avoid using the word null twice in the same sentence
but it’s not a strong aversion.

David J.


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