Re: [GENERAL] Making NULLs visible.
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: statsol@statsol.com (Steve Doliov)
Cc: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-10-09T20:14:01Z
Lists: pgsql-general
> > > Is there a way to make postgreSQL 'show' nulls rather than have them appear > > > as blank fields? > > > I am always looking for suggestions on how to display nulls. It is on > > the TODO list. > > I'd suggest a query option. The query option could filter the displayed > data through a temporary table which would do a NULL to char() conversion > as it were. > > similar to > psql-> set query option id null as "NULL" > > then the interface would do the following if given a query > How do you feel about displaying nulls as \N, as we do in the COPY output? -- Bruce Momjian | http://www.op.net/~candle maillist@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026