Squeal.PostgreSQL.Expression.Null

null expressions and handlers

Null

null_ :: Expr (Null ty)

analagous to Nothing

>>> printSQL null_
NULL

notNull :: NotNull ty --> Null ty

analagous to Just

>>> printSQL $ notNull true
TRUE

unsafeNotNull :: Null ty --> NotNull ty

Analagous to fromJust inverse to notNull, useful when you know an Expression is NotNull, because, for instance, you've filtered out NULL values in a column.

monoNotNull

Arguments

:: (forall null. Expression grp lat with db params from (null ty))

null polymorphic

-> Expression grp lat with db params from (NotNull ty)

Some expressions are null polymorphic which may raise inference issues. Use monoNotNull to fix their nullity as NotNull.

coalesce :: FunctionVar (Null ty) (null ty) (null ty)

return the leftmost value which is not NULL

>>> printSQL $ coalesce [null_, true] false
COALESCE(NULL, TRUE, FALSE)

fromNull

Arguments

:: Expression grp lat with db params from (NotNull ty)

what to convert NULL to

-> Expression grp lat with db params from (Null ty)

-> Expression grp lat with db params from (NotNull ty)

analagous to fromMaybe using COALESCE

>>> printSQL $ fromNull true null_
COALESCE(NULL, TRUE)

isNull :: Null ty --> null PGbool

>>> printSQL $ null_ & isNull
NULL IS NULL

isNotNull :: Null ty --> null PGbool

>>> printSQL $ null_ & isNotNull
NULL IS NOT NULL

matchNull

Arguments

:: Expression grp lat with db params from nullty

what to convert NULL to

-> (Expression grp lat with db params from (NotNull ty) -> Expression grp lat with db params from nullty)

function to perform when NULL is absent

-> Expression grp lat with db params from (Null ty)

-> Expression grp lat with db params from nullty

analagous to maybe using IS NULL

>>> printSQL $ matchNull true not_ null_
CASE WHEN NULL IS NULL THEN TRUE ELSE (NOT NULL) END

nullIf :: '[NotNull ty, NotNull ty] ---> Null ty

right inverse to fromNull, if its arguments are equal then nullIf gives NULL.

>>> :set -XTypeApplications
>>> printSQL (nullIf (false *: param @1))
NULLIF(FALSE, ($1 :: bool))