Matthias Teege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have al small problem with ISNULL in a trigger
> function. My definition looks like: 

> IF NEW.vkp ISNULL THEN
>    ...

> The following SQL query didnt cause this if statement: 

> insert into aufpos(auftrag, artikel, best_menge, vkp,
> lieferwoche, cuser, ctime, uuser, utime) values
> ('175','8501900','12','','3500','matthias',
> now (), 'matthias',now ())

This seems correct to me --- an empty string '' is certainly not
the same thing as NULL.

> If I change the function statement as follows: 

> IF NEW.vkp = 0 THEN
>    ... 
> END IF;

> it works

Shouldn't that give a type error of some sort?  You didn't say
what type vkp is, but if it's a string type then comparing it
against a numeric shouldn't work IMHO.

                        regards, tom lane

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