From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
Cc: Jon Collette <jon@etelos.com>
Cc: SQL Postgresql List <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Boolean without default declared
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:48:19 -0400
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Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com> writes:
> --- Jon Collette <jon@etelos.com> wrote:
>> Thanks that was it exactly. I did notice another strange thing. When
>> using IS NULL in an plpgsql IF statement you have to use ISNULL. Same
>> with NOT NULL. Does this mean that ISNULL is more proper than IS NULL?
IS NULL is in the SQL standard, the other is not; and I dunno what you did
wrong but you certainly don't "have to" use ISNULL in plpgsql.
regards, tom lane
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