Re: So what's null then if it's not nothing?
From: JOG <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Dec 2005 15:41:04 -0800
Message-ID: <1133739664.101456.139330_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Date: 4 Dec 2005 15:41:04 -0800
Message-ID: <1133739664.101456.139330_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
vc wrote:
> Jon Heggland wrote:
> [...]
> > "Whatever" should IMO include the (very fundamental) boolean domain, so
> > NULL in the context of boolean should also mean an unknown/missing
> > value.
>
> Did not notice that at first. Using NULL and Boolean in the same
> sentence is as wrong as one can get. Boolean [algebra/logic/whatever]
> means that one talks abot the 2VL propositional logic, any other
> logical constant simply does not belong there.
And amen to that. Received on Mon Dec 05 2005 - 00:41:04 CET