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On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Gauthier, Dave <dave.gauthier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is there a way to regexp match on a null value?

I would say no.

>  Or is it necessary to OR in a .... "or x is null"?

you could use a

COALESCE( text_column, '') ~ E'MyRegEx';

Or perhaps:
 ( text_column ~ E'MyRegEx' ) IS UNKNOWN
 might work.


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