Re: char(0) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: char(0)
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Msg-id j7gqct$vgm$1@dough.gmane.org
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In response to char(0)  (Susanne Ebrecht <susanne@2ndQuadrant.com>)
Responses Re: char(0)  (Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>)
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Susanne Ebrecht, 17.10.2011 09:31:
> 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.

While not move on to a cleaner approach during the migration and use a "boolean not null"?

Thomas

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