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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Herwig Goemans <herwig.goemans@gmail.com> writes:
>       v_doc_fnc =  replace(v_doc_fnc,'public.',null);

I'm pretty sure that will result in NULL always.  NULL is not another
spelling for the empty string, no matter what Oracle says ;-)

			regards, tom lane


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