On Aug 24, 2005, at 1:05 AM, Matt A. wrote:
> We used nullif('$value','') on inserts in mssql. We
> moved to postgres and love it but the nullif() doesn't
> match empty strings to each other to return null other
> than a text type, causing an error. This is a major
> part of our application.
I *certainly* hope you're not passing $value in straight from your
web form directly into the SQL. You're opening yourself up for SQL
injection attacks.
Why not just have your app that reads the form generate the proper
value to insert? That is the safe route.
Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
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