Re: [sqlite] The IS operator
Thank you, Richard. After some digging I see, too, that MySQL uses <=> for that same functionality, Microsoft has a toggle for =, and Oracle nothing. I had clearly been mistaken about IS's portability. On October 6, 2017 7:53:27 PM EDT, Richard Hipp wrote: >On 10/6/17, J. King wrote: >> Are there any other >> reasons I might perhaps want to use = rather than IS that I'm not >aware >> of? > >"NULL IS NULL" is true, but "NULL = NULL" is not true (it is null). >Other than that, the IS operator and the = operator are the same. > >"IS" in SQLite is the same as "IS NOT DISTINCT FROM" in PostgreSQL and >"IS NOT" in SQLite is the ame as "IS DISTINCT FROM" in PostgreSQL. > >-- >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
Re: [sqlite] The IS operator
On 10/6/17, J. King wrote: > Are there any other > reasons I might perhaps want to use = rather than IS that I'm not aware > of? "NULL IS NULL" is true, but "NULL = NULL" is not true (it is null). Other than that, the IS operator and the = operator are the same. "IS" in SQLite is the same as "IS NOT DISTINCT FROM" in PostgreSQL and "IS NOT" in SQLite is the ame as "IS DISTINCT FROM" in PostgreSQL. -- 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
[sqlite] The IS operator
I've been using the IS operator to the exclusion of = in my application's queries so that I'm not surprised by some input being null and giving unexpected results. My rationale is that if I'm consistent, my software will be as well (all else being equal, anyway...). The IS operator is commonly seen in tutorials and the like as "x IS NOT NULL", and Richard's example earlier today of the unary NOT operator "a = NOT b" started me wondering if there are any performance or portability concerns with using IS rather than =. Are there any other reasons I might perhaps want to use = rather than IS that I'm not aware of? Thanks. :) -- J. King ___ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
