Re: Celko: help with an experiment

MSAccess via perl DBI and ODBC:

> CREATE TABLE Foobar (I INTEGER NOT NULL);
>
> INSERT INTO Foobar VALUES (1);
>
> 1) SELECT * FROM Foobar;
>
> [ ] 0
> [x] 1
> [ ] 99
> [ ] NULL
> [ ] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [ ] Fatal error
> [ ] Other
>
> 2) SELECT MAX(i) FROM Foobar;
>
> [ ] 0
> [x] 1
> [ ] 99
> [ ] NULL
> [ ] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [ ] Fatal error
> [ ] Other
>
> 3) SELECT * FROM Foobar WHERE 1 = 0;
>
> [ ] 0
> [ ] 1
> [ ] 99
> [ ] NULL
> [x] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [ ] Fatal error
> [ ] Other
>
> 4) SELECT MAX(i) FROM Foobar WHERE 1 = 0;
>
> [ ] 0
> [ ] 1
> [ ] 99
> [x] NULL
> [ ] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [ ] Fatal error
> [ ] Other
>
>
> 5) SELECT CASE WHEN 1 = 1
> THEN 99
> ELSE COUNT(*) END AS x
> FROM Foobar
> WHERE 1 = 0;
>
> [ ] 0
> [ ] 1
> [ ] 99
> [ ] NULL
> [ ] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [x] Fatal error "Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression"
> [ ] Other

>
> 6) SELECT CASE WHEN 1 = 0
> THEN 99
> ELSE COUNT(*) END AS x
> FROM Foobar
> WHERE 1 = 0;
>
> [ ] 0
> [ ] 1
> [ ] 99
> [ ] NULL
> [ ] Empty set
> [ ] Warning
> [x] Fatal error "Syntax error (missing operator) in query expression"
> [ ] Other

-- 
Jeff