Re: Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tim Hart
Subject Re: Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow
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In response to Re: Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow  ("Florian G. Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org>)
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This reminds me of my favorite Bertrand Russell quote:

"The difference between theory and practice is: in theory there is no
difference, but in practice, there is"

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From: pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Florian G. Pflug
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:45 AM
To: Berend Tober
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Null and Void() - Or, Abandon All Hope Ye Who allow

Well, yes - as I said, using null values gives you more flexibility. But
still, you _can_ shoot yourself in the foot by using them - that's why
it's still good to know why some people oppose them, even if you don't
share their point of view. But of course, "rm -r $(PGDATA)" is a more
efficient way to shoot yourself in the foot, and will probably harm more
then using null ;-)

greetings, Florian Pflug

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