Chris írta:
> 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).
>
I would do a CHECK (trim(a) <> '')
