The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4509 Logged by: Kevin Field Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3.4 Operating system: Windows Server 2003 SP2 Description: array_cat's null behaviour is inconsistent Details:
Section 9.2 in the docs say, 'The ordinary comparison operators yield null (signifying "unknown") when either input is null.' This applies to other operators too. For example, the result of tacking an unknown value onto a known one is unknown, because you don't know what exactly you just tacked on. So select null::text || 'hello'; ...returns NULL, which makes sense. But then this select array_cat(null::integer[], '{3}'::integer[]); ...doesn't return NULL, which it should, for consistency. Kev -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs