Two SQL NULL Traps: Missing JOIN Rows and UNIQUE Constraints That Do Nothing

📰 Dev.to · Recca Tsai

NULL behavior varies across databases and causes two common problems: JOIN on NULL columns returns no rows, and UNIQUE constraints allow multiple NULLs. Covers MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, SQL Server with solutions for each.

Published 21 Apr 2026
Read full article → ← Back to Reads