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Re: Nullology of empty strings

From: --CELKO-- <71062.1056_at_compuserve.com>
Date: 8 Jan 2003 09:45:28 -0800
Message-ID: <c0d87ec0.0301080945.3d910ea@posting.google.com> 





>> 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 - 11:45:28 CST












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