Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zeugswetter Andreas DBT
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour.
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Msg-id 219F68D65015D011A8E000006F8590C6010A51A8@sdexcsrv1.sd.spardat.at
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>> In the second query, the first two rows have been grouped, but
shouldn't
>> they not be since b is NULL?  I thought that NULL != NULL?

Note that:
NULL <> NULL        is false
NULL = NULL        is false

> select * from t1 x, t1 y where x.b <> y.b;
          a b  c            a b  c
No rows found.
> select * from t1 x, t1 y where x.b = y.b;
          a b  c            a b  c
No rows found.
> select * from t1 x, t1 y where not x.b = y.b;
          a b  c            a b  c
No rows found.
> select * from t1 x, t1 y where not x.b <> y.b;
          a b  c            a b  c
No rows found.
> select * from t1 where a = b;
          a b  c
No rows found.
> select * from t1 where a <> b;
          a b  c
No rows found.
>

The false seems not to be commutative.
Feel free to ask for more
Andreas


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