> Can't the intelligent practitioner simply proceed carefully with > queries when nulls are involved?
Yes. The thing is, getting rid of NULL in the real world requires decomposing data into so many tables that it would certainly cause more confusion when it comes time to actually query the data... -- Scott Ribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.killerbytes.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster