Re: what is good solution for support NULL inside string_to_array function?

2010/5/4 Josh Berkus :
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>> quietly removing NULL is maybe good for compatibility but is wrong for
>> functionality.
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> I agree.  I wasn't aware of this little misfeature.
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> Default display for NULL should be a zero-length string.
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I disagree - NULL is NULL, not empty string (Oracle is different)

if array_to_string is equivalent to

x[1] || sep || x[2] || sep || x[3] || sep ....

then correct result is NULL

and then string_to_array and array_to_string are correct, because
string_to_array cannot contain any NULL symbol.

Regards
Pavel Stehule



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