Re: c.d.theory glossary - NULL

From: Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <leandro_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:26:30 -0300
Message-ID: <pan.2004.04.24.17.26.30.638187_at_dutra.fastmail.fm>


Em Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:09:44 -0400, Laconic2 escreveu:

> Second, the NULL marker (bit, if you like) is far from the insanity bit.

        It is.

> In most cases where it's used, it's more like the humility bit. The
> database doesn't know everything, and admitting that fact, where
> relevant, is better than making a random assertion of something for
> which there is no evidence.

        You can do that much better with special values.

> Some cells should have default values, but some should not.

        That's orthogonal.

> Next, NULL is not a value. I don't care what Date or Kimball say on
> the subject. They don't know nothing.

        By saying that you prove they (or Date, at least) do and you don't. Date agree NULL is not a value.

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