There might be inconsistency in overlap operators for array
types ( <@, @>, and && ) when the argument arrays contain NULLs.
- SELECT 2 = ANY (ARRAY[1, NULL]) => NULL
- SELECT ARRAY[2] <@ ARRAY[1, NULL] => false
NULL means "unknown" in definition, so should it return NULL
rather than false?
I found the issue when I read spec of MULTISET. In the SQL
standard, the following expression returns NULL. I was thinking
to make SUBMULTISET OF to be an alias of <@ operator, but
they seems to be incompatible.
- MULTISET[2] SUBMULTISET OF MULTISET[1, NULL] => NULL
Will we change the operator's behavior? It would be more
consistent, but incompatible with older server versions.
If impossible, I'll add separated submultiset_of() function
instead of <@ operator for MULTISET supports.
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Itagaki Takahiro