Re: CHR(0) ver null

On 8/7/07, Ram Srinivasan <srinivasanram2004_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Guys:
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> Null <> CHR(0).
> In fact NULL is totally imbecile. Here is a poem I wrote long time ago.
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> Ode to Null
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> It is neither a mountain nor a creek;
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> It is neither Latin nor Greek;
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> It is neither strong nor weak;
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> It is neither courageous nor meek.
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> It is neither nothing nor something;
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> It is neither a good thing nor a bad thing;
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> It is neither a big thing nor a small thing;
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> But it is something we have to deal with among all things.
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> It is neither a lender nor a borrower;
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> It is neither a zero nor a blank;
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> It is neither here nor there;
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> But, in programming, it is everywhere.
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> Oh! NULL, Oh! NULL!
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> You are neither a push nor a pull;
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> You always make us mull
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> Ov'r your dangerous effects, Oh! NULL!
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> Ram Srinivasan
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> 21-Feb-2000
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> On 8/2/07, Thomas Day <tomdaytwo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > This works perfectly fine for me in 10.2
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> > select OWNER, TABLE_NAME from dba_TABLES where owner >= CHR(0)
> > AND TABLE_NAME >= CHR(0)
> > ORDER BY 1,2
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> > On the other hand "null" is undefined. It's not CHR(0).
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> > On 8/2/07, Wojciech Skrzynecki <wojciech.skrzynecki_at_gmail.com > wrote:
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> > > Hello
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> > > What component in DB I have to install to use ">= CHR(0)" instead of
> > > "is not null" .
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> > > --
> > > Wojciech Skrzynecki
> > > Database Administrator
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> > > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l
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> --
> Sincerely
> Ram Srinivasan
> Charlottesville, VA.

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Sincerely
Ram Srinivasan
Charlottesville, VA.

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