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> On Mar 18, 2022, at 16:56, Paolo De Stefani <paolo@paolodestefani.it> =
wrote:
> Is there any reason why the second query results in a syntax error?

There's not IS operator in PostgreSQL (or in SQL).  IS NULL, IS NOT =
NULL, IS TRUE, and IS FALSE are in effect unary postfix operators, so =
you can't construct them that way via parameter substitution.=