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Request #46575 NULL comparison when using "not in" not consistent with Windows SQL
Submitted: 2008-11-14 16:35 UTC Modified: 2011-12-01 05:28 UTC
From: ben at thelocust dot org Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: MSSQL related
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: *
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2008-11-14 16:35 UTC] ben at thelocust dot org
Description:
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When querying a MSSQL database table, and using the "not in" syntax, PHP's mssql_query will also return rows with NULL in the field specified.



Reproduce code:
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SQL Server 2000 or 2005

Table "test"
test_id (int)  test_name (vchar)    test_number (int)
1              Foo                  1
2              Bar                  2
3              <null>               3
4              Baz                  <null>

$sql = "select test_id from test where test_number not in (1,2)";
$res = mssql_query($sql);
while ($row = mssql_fetch_array($res)) {
?>
<?=$row['test_id'];?><br/>
<?
}


Expected result:
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In PHP, either using FreeTDS on Linux or the MSSQL extension on Windows, the above returns:

3
4

In ASP/VBScript or using Query Analyzer on Windows the following is returned:

3

Windows' MSSQL driver apparently will not compare the "not in" values to a NULL field.  PHP, apparently, will.

This creates and inconsistency between the two platforms.


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 [2009-01-07 18:17 UTC] kalle@php.net
I don't see the error here, your asking SQL server to return 'test_id' from the table 'test' where 'test_number' doesn't even to 1 or 2, and since NULL is different from 1 and 2 then why shouldn't it be returned? I see that more of a bug in the ASP/VBScript drivers, and I don't think we should put such an inconsistency into because others do it.

I changed the category of this to a Feature/Change request, letting the extension maintainer decided whenever to do it or not :)
 [2011-04-08 20:48 UTC] jani@php.net
-Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: MSSQL related
 [2011-12-01 05:20 UTC] ssufficool at gmail dot com
This is a behavior set by the MSSQL "ANSI NULLS" setting. Depending if ANSI NULLS is on or off, it will return the NULL for the NOT IN selection. 

This is a server setting, not a PHP setting.

Try issuing a "SET ANSI_NULLS ON" before the query using both VBScript and PHP. The behavior should then be the same.
 [2011-12-01 05:28 UTC] ssufficool@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php


 [2011-12-01 05:28 UTC] ssufficool@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Bogus
 
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