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Re: AW: SQL null indicators when not all columns are null capable

From: "henrik"
Just following this discussion from the sideline, can anybody give me a
reason to use a *NULL capable field in a commercial database ?


We occasionally have to write an extra "if" statement that outputs an empty string to a browser field when a date field contains *loval. That's actually pretty rare because we normally call procedures to properly format date fields into character strings.

But it always seems easier to handle *loval situations than *null situations, so we never allow *nulls in our database tables.

-Nathan.





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