Bruce Momjian writes: > Tom, I understand your research on the historical usage of null, but in > PostgreSQL we have not two but three possible uses for n-u-l-l: > > o null pointer > o null byte > o null SQL value > > With that list, anything that makes null clearer is great. I think we > should just standardize on 'NUL' for a null byte, or 'nul'.
I don't think someone coming in from the street and seeing a message or code is going to understand that. If you really want to be clear, call it "zero byte". -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
