On 6/24/05, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [ moving to -hackers for a wider audience ]
> 
> Today's issue: should the GREATEST/LEAST functions be strict (return
> null if any input is null) or not (return null only if all inputs are
> null, else return the largest/smallest of the non-null inputs)?
> 

[snip]

> 
> > Please, if You think, so Oracle way is good, correct it.
> 
> I'm still favoring non-strict but it deserves more than two votes.
> Anybody else have an opinion?
> 
>                         regards, tom lane
> 

My $0.02: I'd prefer the non-strict version.

-- 
Mike Rylander
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GPLS -- PINES Development
Database Developer
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