Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On 8-1-2020 12:15, R Smith wrote: I find the keyword NOTNULL listed among known SQLite keywords - no. 88 on this page: https://sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html But cannot find a single mention of it or place to use it in SQLite, nor get any hit on the sqlite.org search except in reference to the above list. 1. What is it for? 2. Does it have/need any documentation? (from: https://sqlite.org/changes.html ) 2001-10-02 (2.0.1) 1. 2. ... 3. Extend the expression syntax to support "expr NOT NULL" (with a space between the "NOT" and the "NULL") in addition to "expr NOTNULL" (with no space). ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On 1/8/20, R Smith wrote: > I find the keyword NOTNULL listed among known SQLite keywords - > no. 88 on this page: https://sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html > > But cannot find a single mention of it or place to use it in SQLite, nor > get any hit on the sqlite.org search except in reference to the above list. > > 1. What is it for? > > 2. Does it have/need any documentation? NOTNULL is a postgresql-ism. It is equivalent to IS NOT NULL. -- D. Richard Hipp d...@sqlite.org ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On 2020/01/08 2:03 PM, Keith Medcalf wrote: 1. What is it for? It is a common misspelling of "IS NOT NULL" and means the same thing. "ISNULL" is also a reserved word as it is a common misspelling of "IS NULL" and means the same thing. You will note that ISNOTNULL is not a reserved word because apparently the common misspellings only omit one or the other of the spaces, butnotboth at the sametime. Also, ISNOT is not a reserved word. Apparently it is more common for the misspelling IS NOTNULL to be made than ISNOT NULL, even though ISNOT is the more logical inverse operator to IS. (Perhaps this is because ISNOT could be spelled as iSnot leading to lawsuits from Apple ... :) ) LOL - I'm quoting you in the docs. :) Thanks for clarifying, Cheers! ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On Wednesday, 8 January, 2020 04:16, R Smith wrote: >I find the keyword NOTNULL listed among known SQLite keywords - >no. 88 on this page: https://sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html >But cannot find a single mention of it or place to use it in SQLite, nor >get any hit on the sqlite.org search except in reference to the above >list. >1. What is it for? It is a common misspelling of "IS NOT NULL" and means the same thing. "ISNULL" is also a reserved word as it is a common misspelling of "IS NULL" and means the same thing. You will note that ISNOTNULL is not a reserved word because apparently the common misspellings only omit one or the other of the spaces, butnotboth at the sametime. Also, ISNOT is not a reserved word. Apparently it is more common for the misspelling IS NOTNULL to be made than ISNOT NULL, even though ISNOT is the more logical inverse operator to IS. (Perhaps this is because ISNOT could be spelled as iSnot leading to lawsuits from Apple ... :) ) >2. Does it have/need any documentation? No. -- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On 2020/01/08 1:23 PM, Simon Slavin wrote: You can use NOTNULL as a condition. It's the opposite of ISNULL. You see it usually as a constraint, to ensure that a field has a value. Thank you Simon - Do you perhaps have an example of this working in SQLite? I am not finding a way to make it work. However, NOT NULL with a space works too, and that version seems to be more popular these days. Yes, this I'm using in SQLite often. I'm busy updating the documentation functions for the next release of sqlitespeed, needing to connect every keyword/function to its proper use in SQLite - which is why I've been posting these documentation-related questions. Thanks for helping, Ryan ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] NOTNULL
On 8 Jan 2020, at 11:15am, R Smith wrote: > I find the keyword NOTNULL listed among known SQLite keywords - > no. 88 on this page: https://sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html > > But cannot find a single mention of it or place to use it in SQLite, nor get > any hit on the sqlite.org search except in reference to the above list. > > 1. What is it for? > > 2. Does it have/need any documentation? You can use NOTNULL as a condition. It's the opposite of ISNULL. You see it usually as a constraint, to ensure that a field has a value. However, NOT NULL with a space works too, and that version seems to be more popular these days. CREATE TABLE company ( code TEXT NOT NULL, name TEXT NOT NULL) You're right. I don't think I see NOTNULL mentioned anywhere else in the SQLite documentation. ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
[sqlite] NOTNULL
I find the keyword NOTNULL listed among known SQLite keywords - no. 88 on this page: https://sqlite.org/lang_keywords.html But cannot find a single mention of it or place to use it in SQLite, nor get any hit on the sqlite.org search except in reference to the above list. 1. What is it for? 2. Does it have/need any documentation? ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
