Re: A question of principle

Bard wrote:

> I am a DBA. We have several developers working with our setup of Oracle
> Data Warehouses. The source of our data is a mainframe.
 

> The question of principle has to do with transferring mainframe practices
> to the Oracle warehouse. Primarily, the use of "blanks" or "spaces" in
> place of NULLs. I am, on principle, opposed to using blanks where nulls
> ought to be. I find the blanks to be misleading and a misuse of Oracle. I
> also believe it sets a poor precedence for future Oracle applications.
 

Your DB on mainframe doesn't support NULL ? Received on Fri Oct 25 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST