From 37edf4dcb0b684e14fff9738e50299f363a37662 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 17:22:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Is It Null Or Not Null as a postgres til.

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 README.md                          |  1 +
 postgres/is-it-null-or-not-null.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 postgres/is-it-null-or-not-null.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ smart people at [Hashrocket](http://hashrocket.com/).
 - [Insert Just The Defaults](postgres/insert-just-the-defaults.md)
 - [Integers In Postgres](postgres/integers-in-postgres.md)
 - [Intervals Of Time By Week](postgres/intervals-of-time-by-week.md)
+- [Is It Null Or Not Null?](postgres/is-it-null-or-not-null.md)
 - [Limit Execution Time Of Statements](postgres/limit-execution-time-of-statements.md)
 - [List All Columns Of A Specific Type](postgres/list-all-columns-of-a-specific-type.md)
 - [List All Versions Of A Function](postgres/list-all-versions-of-a-function.md)
diff --git a/postgres/is-it-null-or-not-null.md b/postgres/is-it-null-or-not-null.md
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+# Is It Null Or Not Null?
+
+In PostgreSQL, the standard way to check if something is `NULL` is like so:
+
+```sql
+select * as wild_pokemons from pokemons where trainer_id is null;
+```
+
+To check if something is not null, you just add `not`:
+
+```sql
+select * as captured_pokemons from pokemons where trainer_id is not null;
+```
+
+PostgreSQL also comes with `ISNULL` and `NOTNULL` which are non-standard
+ways of doing the same as above:
+
+
+```sql
+select * as wild_pokemons from pokemons where trainer_id isnull;
+```
+
+```sql
+select * as captured_pokemons from pokemons where trainer_id notnull;
+```