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Re: '' IS NULL?

From: Bert Byfield <rpitts_at_rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 02:32:59 GMT
Message-ID: <s7f83t8i55timscus5c9p65u9bub71msp2@4ax.com>

>>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)		NULL
Received on Sun Dec 10 2000 - 20:32:59 CST

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