On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 5:41 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> 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.
I am still of the opinion that this patch is a solution in search of a problem.
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