D. Dante Lorenso wrote:
> I'm looking for an operator that will compare NULL with NULL and
> evaluate as TRUE.
> I have a BIGINT column which might contain NULL values. I want to pass
> a value to compare with that column in my WHERE clause. If the value
> I'm comparing is 0, I want it to match the NULL values. Here is a
> sample query that I currently use:
> SELECT *
> FROM mytable
> WHERE (col IS NULL AND NULLIF(?, 0) IS NULL) OR col = ?;
> The '?' placeholders used in the query will receive the same value which
> might be any one of the following: NULL, 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.
> What I'd really like is an operator that will compare NULL with NULL and
> evaluate as TRUE. Does that exist?
Is this the answer?
SELECT *
FROM mytable
WHERE col IS NOT DISTINCT FROM NULLIF(?, 0);
-- Dante