On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 09:22:02AM -0500, Brian Dunavant wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 9:16 AM stan <stanb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > How can i make these "invisible" characters visible? > > > > > > > In psql, by default it displays nulls as nothing. You can specify what > they should display as with: > > \pset null '<something>' > > Chances are those are all nulls, and will now display as whatever you set > them to. If they aren't, let us know. That worked, and yes they are NULLs, guess I expected to get 0 rows, as the only column I requested contained ONLY NULL's. basic misunderstanding on my part, i suppose. Thank you for your help. -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin