Обсуждение: regexp on null
8.3.4 on Linux
Is there a way to regexp match on a null value? Or is it necessary to OR in a .... "or x is null"?
Thanks in Advance !
Hey Dave,
Did you consider to use coalesce() ?
Regards,
Dmitriy
Did you consider to use coalesce() ?
Regards,
Dmitriy
2010/9/10 Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com>
8.3.4 on Linux
Is there a way to regexp match on a null value? Or is it necessary to OR in a .... "or x is null"?
Thanks in Advance !
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote: > Is there a way to regexp match on a null value? I would say no. > Or is it necessary to OR in a .... "or x is null"? you could use a COALESCE( text_column, '') ~ E'MyRegEx'; Or perhaps: ( text_column ~ E'MyRegEx' ) IS UNKNOWN might work. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
Ya, I kinda knew about these approaches. The problem ahs to do with novice users who don't know about coalesce or or;inga check ofr nulls. I was hoping there was some special regexp expression that would match to a null. Thanks for the quick response, and have a great weekend ! -----Original Message----- From: Richard Broersma [mailto:richard.broersma@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 10, 2010 12:19 PM To: Gauthier, Dave Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] regexp on null On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote: > Is there a way to regexp match on a null value? I would say no. > Or is it necessary to OR in a .... "or x is null"? you could use a COALESCE( text_column, '') ~ E'MyRegEx'; Or perhaps: ( text_column ~ E'MyRegEx' ) IS UNKNOWN might work. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote: > Ya, I kinda knew about these approaches. The problem ahs to do with novice users who don't know about coalesce or or;inga check ofr nulls. I was hoping there was some special regexp expression that would match to a null. Perhaps the easiest was to help such users is to make the column(s) in question NOT NULL DEFAULT ''. -- Regards, Richard Broersma Jr. Visit the Los Angeles PostgreSQL Users Group (LAPUG) http://pugs.postgresql.org/lapug
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:25:55AM -0700, Richard Broersma wrote: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote: > > Ya, I kinda knew about these approaches. The problem ahs to do > > with novice users who don't know about coalesce or or;ing a check > > ofr nulls. I was hoping there was some special regexp expression > > that would match to a null. > > Perhaps the easiest was to help such users is to make the column(s) > in question NOT NULL DEFAULT ''. I think it's a very, very bad idea to make a default like that. I'm aware that it's common in one of those Oracle properties, but it needs to stay confined there. Cheers, David. -- David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
Agree with David.
Regards,
Dmitriy
Regards,
Dmitriy
2010/9/10 David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 10:25:55AM -0700, Richard Broersma wrote:I think it's a very, very bad idea to make a default like that. I'm
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@intel.com> wrote:
> > Ya, I kinda knew about these approaches. The problem ahs to do
> > with novice users who don't know about coalesce or or;ing a check
> > ofr nulls. I was hoping there was some special regexp expression
> > that would match to a null.
>
> Perhaps the easiest was to help such users is to make the column(s)
> in question NOT NULL DEFAULT ''.
aware that it's common in one of those Oracle properties, but it needs
to stay confined there.
Cheers,
David.
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