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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Sabin Coanda <sabin.coanda@deuromedia.ro>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: array_to_string
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:59:19 +0100
Message-ID: <46093147.6000209@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090.1175006990@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Sabin Coanda" <sabin.coanda@deuromedia.ro> writes:
>> I used the function array_to_string, and I found it ignores NULL values, 
>> e.g. array_to_string( 'ARRAY[1,NULL,3]', ',' ) returns '1,3'.
> 
> Do you have a better idea?

If you're being strict it should presumably return NULL for the whole 
string. Or you'd need a "coalesce-to-this" parameter.

-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd



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