Re: Null in the where-clause - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Null in the where-clause
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0207081327010.5552-100000@cm-lcon-46-187.cm.vtr.net
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In response to Null in the where-clause  (michael_walzl@yahoo.de (Michael Walzl))
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Michael Walzl dijo:

> I've got a problem with the "null"-statement within the where-clause.
> I installed the postgres-server 7.2.1 on a Suse Linux machine.
> Then I imported an existing databasedump.
> But when I make the following query:
> select * from tbl_categories where categoryid=null;
> I get 0 rows as result, but there are several records, which
> corrsponds to my query.

No, there is none.  NULL never equals anything, not even null itself.

Try
select * from tbl_categories where categoryid is null;

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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]atentus.com>)
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