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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-11-13 15:20:54 -0500
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2023-11-13 15:20:54 -0500
commitbd86407892126d8c950dd90e6016ea6d0450bd19 (patch)
treef7541e77615b732abeb71091899d6f06c3da601c /doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
parent8680bae8463a0b213893ca6a1c5bb2c2530e823c (diff)
doc: move ROW IS NULL examples to a different chapter
Also add examples. Reported-by: Wolfgang Walther Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/21ff8e9c-627a-f949-fb00-a41b9ddcc9d3@technowledgy.de Backpatch-through: master
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@@ -2479,17 +2479,12 @@ SELECT getf1(CAST(ROW(11,'this is a test',2.5) AS myrowtype));
<para>
Row constructors can be used to build composite values to be stored
in a composite-type table column, or to be passed to a function that
- accepts a composite parameter. Also,
- it is possible to compare two row values or test a row with
- <literal>IS NULL</literal> or <literal>IS NOT NULL</literal>, for example:
-<programlisting>
-SELECT ROW(1,2.5,'this is a test') = ROW(1, 3, 'not the same');
-
-SELECT ROW(table.*) IS NULL FROM table; -- detect all-null rows
-</programlisting>
- For more detail see <xref linkend="functions-comparisons"/>.
- Row constructors can also be used in connection with subqueries,
- as discussed in <xref linkend="functions-subquery"/>.
+ accepts a composite parameter. Also, it is possible to test rows
+ using the standard comparison operators as described in <xref
+ linkend="functions-comparison"/>, to compare one row against another
+ as described in <xref linkend="functions-comparisons"/>, and to
+ use them in connection with subqueries, as discussed in <xref
+ linkend="functions-subquery"/>,
</para>
</sect2>