Oracle-L: Re: Null value is string

From: <Jared.Still_at_radisys.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 15:19:03 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00493101.20020709151903@fatcity.com>

You mean a literal string of 'null'?

Why would you do that?

Jared

"donald.holloway" <Donald.Holloway_at_wcom.com> Sent by: root_at_fatcity.com
07/09/2002 03:13 PM
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All,

I need to know if there is a way to insert a character value of 'null' as a
default for a column:

example: student_name varchar2(10) default 'null'

I have tried this and it works if I update the column values to the string 'null' later:

example: update student set student_name = 'null' where student_name is null

I know that null is a reserved word but I though that I saw it used somewhere like this before and just thought I would check with the group on
this. thanks.

Joseph Hway
hway_at_uswest.net

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