D. Dante Lorenso wrote:
But if I want to find all the items which are not in any folder, I want: SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE folder_id IS NULL; I don't have any folder_id 0, so on a URL I might do this: http://xyz/page.php?fid=123 http://xyz/page.php?fid=0
SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE COALESCE( folder_id, 0 ) = 0; -- Lew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match