Re: Nullology of empty strings

From: --CELKO-- <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2003 09:45:28 -0800
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>> Hi. I'm curious about why the empty string '' IS NULL in Oracle databases. <<

Oracle is a screwed up mess of a product ...

>> Is this a general convention? <<

No, it violates Standard SQL and it makes no sense. Received on Wed Jan 08 2003 - 18:45:28 CET

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