Re: NULL vs empty string in Query Tool

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From: "George Pavlov" <gpavlov(at)mynewplace(dot)com>
To: <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: NULL vs empty string in Query Tool
Date: 2006-01-06 19:13:07
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Chris Reigrut wrote:
> Is there any way to distinguish between an empty string ('') and a
NULL
> string value in the query tool?

I'd like to resurrect this question from a while ago. It does not seem
like it got any response. It would be great if pgAdmin's Query Tool had
a setting similar to psql's "\pset NULL" formatting option. It is very
easy to confuse the two and most query tools that I know of allow for
that.

George


From: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
To: George Pavlov <gpavlov(at)mynewplace(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: NULL vs empty string in Query Tool
Date: 2006-01-06 20:03:20
Message-ID: 43BECD08.6030400@pse-consulting.de
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George Pavlov wrote:

>Chris Reigrut wrote:
>
>
>>Is there any way to distinguish between an empty string ('') and a
>>
>>
>NULL
>
>
>>string value in the query tool?
>>
>>
>
>I'd like to resurrect this question from a while ago. It does not seem
>like it got any response. It would be great if pgAdmin's Query Tool had
>a setting similar to psql's "\pset NULL" formatting option. It is very
>easy to confuse the two and most query tools that I know of allow for
>that.
>

Still on the list, as the original mail.

Regards,
Andreas