On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Josh Goldberg wrote: > Concatenating a null value makes the string null. try: > SELECT 'foo'||NULL||'bar'; > > Just add a condition to check rivi.suoritus for null before making an > assignment.
or better use coalesce > > > > Mauri Sahlberg wrote: > > >returns nothing - bush becomes null and everything fails. I do not > >undestand why bush becomes null when the query returns nothing. > > > > > > > bush:=''select * from PaivanLeimat('' || > > quote_literal(aYritys) || > > ''::varchar,'' || > > quote_literal(nyt) || > > ''::date,''|| > > quote_literal(aKtunnus) || > > ''::varchar,'' || > > latest > > ||'')''; > > > > > <snip> > > > latest:=rivi.suoritus; > > > > > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Regards, Oleg _____________________________________________________________ Oleg Bartunov, sci.researcher, hostmaster of AstroNet, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University (Russia) Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/ phone: +007(095)939-16-83, +007(095)939-23-83 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org