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>>Because a space is considered a character. So if you create a space in a
>>field, it is no longer considered NULL.
>Then there is no such thing as a zero-length string? In other words, a
>"known" value of nothing, rather than an "unknown" value.
The options are:
' ' a space '' a zero-length string (nothing) NULLReceived on Sun Dec 10 2000 - 20:32:59 CST