CaT wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 01:08:04PM +1100, Chris wrote:
>> In postgres, to stop an empty blank string:
>>
>> create table a(a text not null check (char_length(a) > 0));
>
> What's wrrong with using
>
> a <> ''
>
> sd the check? Or is this just a flavour thing?
Nothing, I just thought of the other way first :)
Probably better doing it as a <> '' otherwise postgres might have to run
the char_length function every time you do an insert (ie might be a very
slight performance issue).
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