Re: So what's null then if it's not nothing?
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_novoa_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 17 Nov 2005 02:59:07 -0800
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Date: 17 Nov 2005 02:59:07 -0800
Message-ID: <1132225147.734881.190190_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
michael_at_preece.net wrote:
> I've been accustomed to thinking of things either having a value or
> not. If something has no value then, to me, its value is null.
A clear contradiction! If something has no value then it has no value.
> Its
> value is an empty string (whatever "it" is).
An empty string is a string like any other.
>Does SQL's definition of null (unknown) include the null
> I'm familiar with (no value)? That doesn't make sense. If we know
> something has no value then its not an unknown value is it?
Indeed, SQL nulls don't make sense. Nulls are a big mistake.
Regards
Alfredo
Received on Thu Nov 17 2005 - 11:59:07 CET