On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 12:44:50PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Would those of you with access to other DBMSes try this:
DB2/LINUX 8.1.6 > create table tab (col integer); > select 1 from tab having 1=0; 1 ----------- 0 record(s) selected. > select 1 from tab having 1=1; 1 ----------- 1 1 record(s) selected. > insert into tab values(1); > insert into tab values(2); > select 1 from tab having 1=0; 1 ----------- 0 record(s) selected. > select 1 from tab having 1=1; 1 ----------- 1 1 record(s) selected. -johnnnnnnnn ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match