Re: So what's null then if it's not nothing?
From: David Cressey <david.cressey_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:03:17 GMT
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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:03:17 GMT
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<michael_at_preece.net> wrote in message
news:1132265295.694372.227790_at_f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> For us Pickies it's easy - null is
That's easy, but it's also wrong. There are data processing situations where
treating the string that doesn't exist as equal to the empty string will be
an obstacle to success.
I'm not going to go through the effort of setting up such a scenarion for
you. As Bob Badour might have said, it's not my job to educate you.
If you ever run into such a situation, perhaps you will recall this
> equal to an empty string.