Re: Empty string in Oracle 8.1.6

From: news.inet.it <tubolarb_at_freemail.it>
Date: 2000/04/14
Message-ID: <8d7205$4h20$1@stargate1.inet.it>#1/1

Empty string is a string with blank character in it (' '). Null string is a sring with no character in it (''). if field is declared "NOT NULL" any string inserted have almost one blank character in it.

Best Regards.

Francesco.

Steve McDaniels ha scritto nel messaggio <8d5832$2ol$1_at_plo.sierra.com>...
>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?
>
Received on Fri Apr 14 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT