Thread: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: CVS NULL Documentation Clearify documentation of CVS's output of
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: CVS NULL Documentation Clearify documentation of CVS's output of
From
Tom Lane
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momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> CVS NULL Documentation
> Clearify documentation of CVS's output of NULL values, per suggestion
> from Magnus.
This has not "clarified" anything; what it has done is transformed
correct statements into incorrect ones. You forgot about the
possibility that the copy is using a nonempty string as the "null
string". Kindly revert.
regards, tom lane
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: CVS NULL Documentation Clearify documentation of CVS's output of
From
Robert Haas
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes: >> Log Message: >> ----------- >> CVS NULL Documentation > >> Clearify documentation of CVS's output of NULL values, per suggestion >> from Magnus. > > This has not "clarified" anything; what it has done is transformed > correct statements into incorrect ones. You forgot about the > possibility that the copy is using a nonempty string as the "null > string". Kindly revert. Also, the format is called CSV, not CVS. ...Robert
Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: CVS NULL Documentation Clearify documentation of CVS's output of
From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote: > momjian@postgresql.org (Bruce Momjian) writes: > > Log Message: > > ----------- > > CVS NULL Documentation > > > Clearify documentation of CVS's output of NULL values, per suggestion > > from Magnus. > > This has not "clarified" anything; what it has done is transformed > correct statements into incorrect ones. You forgot about the > possibility that the copy is using a nonempty string as the "null > string". Kindly revert. It has been adjusted per Andrew's suggestion. -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +