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Re: RPG SQL and database null values

Robert,

They way I read Scott's post, appropriately simply means "as needed by
your application".

Charles

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Robert Mullis
<robertmullis99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 From your post:

For embedded SQL, you might use IFNULL/COALESCE as others have
 suggested, or simply define a null indicator and handle null values
 appropriately.




On 10/4/2010 6:02 PM, Scott Klement wrote:
Re-read my message.  I said nothing about indicators being more/less
appropriate than IFNULL or COALESCE.


On 10/4/2010 4:52 PM, Robert Mullis wrote:
    How is using a null indicator more appropriate than IFNULL or COALESCE?


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