char(0) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Susanne Ebrecht
Subject char(0)
Date
Msg-id 4E9BD9E2.2010305@2ndQuadrant.com
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Responses Re: char(0)  (PostgreSQL - Hans-Jürgen Schönig<postgres@cybertec.at>)
Re: char(0)  (Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Re: char(0)  (Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>)
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Hello,

I couldn't find that somebody already mentioned it.

PostgreSQL isn't supporting CHAR(0).

An empty string has a length of 0.

CHAR(0) can have two values: NULL and empty string.

In MySQL it is very common to simulate not null boolean
by using CHAR(0).

This is a little bit annoying on migration topics.

Susanne

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