Re: Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tino Wildenhain
Subject Re: Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when
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Msg-id 3FD891CC.9090805@wildenhain.de
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In response to Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when dealing with string columns ?  ("Nagib Abi Fadel" <nagib.abi-fadel@usj.edu.lb>)
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Hi,

Nagib Abi Fadel schrieb:
[...]
>
> When using script languages (like PHP) if by mistake the variable is not
> defined such insert is possible (let's say we have a variable
> $col1_value and after a long day of work we make a mistake and write it
> $col_value).
This is the nastiness with _such_ a scripting language.
Luckyly there are others that throw exceptions in such
a case :-)

SCNR
Tino


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