Re: plpgsql NULL statement (was Re: [GENERAL] Postgres - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: plpgsql NULL statement (was Re: [GENERAL] Postgres
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Msg-id 13125.1092666366@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: plpgsql NULL statement (was Re: [GENERAL] Postgres  (Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org>)
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Dennis Bjorklund <db@zigo.dhs.org> writes:
> Is NULL above an empty statement in oracle or is it a normal expression

It's an actual empty statement.

> (the normal NULL value) so that the above is a shorthand for
>    WHEN OTHERS THEN SELECT NULL;

Even if it were, the point here is to accept standard Oracle coding
without any translation of that sort.
        regards, tom lane


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