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Binary data in SQL, more trivia

Posted on by lukaseder

Yesterday, I blogged about inlining boolean literals in SQL. This goes on with other data types. Let's look at BLOBs and BINARY data in general. This is also defined in SQL standards, not in SQL 1992, though: <binary string literal> ::=   X <quote> [ <space>... ]   [ { <hexit> [ <space>... ] <hexit> … Continue reading Binary data in SQL, more trivia →

SQL and booleans, some trivia

Posted on by lukaseder

Some trivia about SQL and booleans: SQL 1992 defines three values for a boolean: <truth value> ::= TRUE | FALSE | UNKNOWN True booleans aren't always supported, though. Here's the truth table of boolean support: SQL DialectSupports booleansDB20 (use 1/0 instead)Derbytrue (you can safely use true/false)H2trueHSQLDBtrueIngrestrueMySQLtrueOracle0PostgrestrueSQL Server0SQLite0Sybase ASE0Sybase SQL Anywhere0 Trivia... but nice to know.