Grist get many filter on null

Describe the problem/error/question

I’m using Grist. I have a table with 2 columns (domain, last_updated). I would like to return all the rows where last_updated is null (or last_updated > 2 days from now).

I don’t see how I can express either or both. e.g. the filter is a string, so ‘last_updated == foo’, but not a > or < or != null, or not empty type.

Am I missing something? I have looked at

tl;dr: I want to get rows where last_updated is null, and/or last_updated is more than 48 hours ago.

What is the error message (if any)?

No errors

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Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version: 1.71.3
  • Database (default: SQLite): postgresql
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): default
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): kubernetes
  • Operating system: gke cos v1.30.6-gke.1125000

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It looks like you cannot filter by ether range or NULL. You can raise a feature request to have this functionality added. Make sure to vote when you do.

Meanwhile a solution is to pull all the records and do the filtering with n8n workflow utilizing the node Filter, for example.

Pulling all records is not ACID so it can corrupt. Also it’s not scalable, my grist table does not fit in node memory. It’s also super slow.

So I guess the only solution is to not use grist. I experiment with adding a formula column based on the null and filter where {{true}} but ultimately it’s slow and no pagination means it can still crash

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