Re: Empty string in Oracle 8.1.6

From: Steve McDaniels <steve.mcdaniels_at_sierra.com>
Date: 2000/04/13
Message-ID: <8d5832$2ol$1@plo.sierra.com>#1/1

I'm new to this...

Conceptually, what is the difference between an empty string and a null string?
More accurately, my question is really,
What is the difference between a (string) field which contains nothing and a (string) field which contains null?

"Mike Ng" <mike_at_email.tech-trans.com> wrote in message news:38f54aa4_3_at_news1.prserv.net...
> Hi all,
>
> Anyone knows whether the Oracle 8.1.6 can support empty string or not now?
> It means that the database can understand the difference between empty
> string and null sting. If yes, is there any special setup I need to do?
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Best Regards,
> Mike
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 13 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT