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Re: NULL != text ?

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On Oct 20, 2005, at 15:44 , Michael Fuhr wrote:

  expression IS DISTINCT FROM expression

  For non-null inputs this is the same as the <> operator.  However,
  when both inputs are null it will return false, and when just one
  input is null it will return true.  Thus it effectively acts as
  though null were a normal data value, rather than "unknown".


Interesting! Thanks, Michael. You don't happen to know off the top of your head if that's standard SQL, do you?

Michael Glaesemann
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