RE: Either null indicator variable, or, defaulting a value

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

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Actually I broke down and RTFM.  It was actually quite easy to set up null
indicators.

Rob Berendt
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Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net>
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I use null indicators, but you MUST check it before referring to the
related
variable.  The problem with coalesce is that you might choose a value that
can actually occur in the data and not be able to tell that the variable
is
null.  Either way you need to test before using the variable as 'real'
data.
  --buck
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