Re: bug or feature, || -operator and NULLs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mario Weilguni
Subject Re: bug or feature, || -operator and NULLs
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Msg-id 200610181444.49104.mweilguni@sime.com
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In response to bug or feature, || -operator and NULLs  (Andreas Joseph Krogh <andreak@officenet.no>)
Responses Re: bug or feature, || -operator and NULLs
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Am Mittwoch, 18. Oktober 2006 13:52 schrieb Andreas Joseph Krogh:
> This has been been discussed before, but Oracle behaves differently, and
> IMHO in a more correct way.
>
> The following query returns NULL in PG:
> SELECT NULL || 'fisk';
>
> But in Oracle, it returns 'fisk':
> SELECT NULL || 'fisk' FROM DUAL;
>
> The latter seems more logical...

I've worked alot with oracle a few years ago and I agree, the feature is handy 
and makes sometimes life easier, but it's simply wrong. I heard a while ago 
that newer oracle versions changed this to sql - standard, is this true?



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