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Re: Oracle NULL vs '' revisited

From: David Portas <REMOVE_BEFORE_REPLYING_dportas_at_acm.org>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:23:36 +0100
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<zigzagdna_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Aug 17, 10:49 am, Matthew Harrison <m.harris..._at_craznar.com> wrote:
>

> Any value you put in the field/variable is
> not same thing as null.

Agreed. Any value is not the same thing as null

> In my view, Oracle's approach is the right approach.

Huh? But Oracle's approach is that the empty string value IS the same thing as null!

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David Portas 
Received on Fri Aug 17 2007 - 16:23:36 CDT

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