On 11/16/15 5:10 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>> On 11/15/15 9:50 PM, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>> I'd prefer to omit fields if explicitly assigned to NULL. You can always
>>> use coalesce if you want the string 'NULL'; I agree with others here
>>> that the vast majority of users will want the field just omitted.
>
>> I think the problem was that you can't omit the primary message.
>
> If you ask me, that would be a feature not a bug.
Right.
Frankly, I have lost track of what the problem here is.