On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:41:11AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Well the only bad thing is that it returns data where there should
> > be no
> > data. ie: '""' instead of the expected '', causing the program to
> > treat
> > '""' as if it were a r
--- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Well the only bad thing is that it returns data where there should
> be no
> data. ie: '""' instead of the expected '', causing the program to
> treat
> '""' as if it were a real string.
All the better. The string '""' is unlikely to exists you yo
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 09:26:29AM -0700, Jeff Pohlmeyer wrote:
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> > like you could arrange for NULL results to be returned as the string
> > value 'NULL' but then you would be unable to distinguish between
> > actual strings with the value 'NULL' and the NULL result...
>
> Just a thought, but
> like you could arrange for NULL results to be returned as the string
> value 'NULL' but then you would be unable to distinguish between
> actual strings with the value 'NULL' and the NULL result...
Just a thought, but maybe you could return
the single-character string: #0
__
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:53:12AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:35:44AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
> > >
> > > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > My program relies on the fact that some fields (which are
--- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:35:44AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > My program relies on the fact that some fields (which are
> string
> > > types)
> > > are null. I'm not sure what to say next so I'
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 08:35:44AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > My program relies on the fact that some fields (which are string
> > types)
> > are null. I'm not sure what to say next so I'll leave it at that :P
>
> If your database never contains
--- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My program relies on the fact that some fields (which are string
> types)
> are null. I'm not sure what to say next so I'll leave it at that :P
If your database never contains an empty string, then your program
can rely on the empty strings you retrie
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 05:27:42PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:04:05AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
> > >
> > > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead w
On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:04:05AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Ju
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 07:04:05AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> > > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > > Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my knowledge.
--- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > > Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my knowledge.
> > > The reason it returns "" is because: when working with
> > > nativ
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 03:39:36PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> >
> > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
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> > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 09:59:17AM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, James Mil
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 03:39:36PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 09:59:17AM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> > >
> > > On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This is a very
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 03:15:58PM +0200, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
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> On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
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> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
> > >
> > > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my k
On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, James Mills wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
> >
> > --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my knowledge.
> > > The reason it returns "" is because: when working with
> > > native pas
On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 04:36:24AM -0700, Alan Mead wrote:
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> --- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my knowledge.
> > The reason it returns "" is because: when working with
> > native pascal types, assigning null to a string results
> > in
--- James Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just reconfirming with you and solidifying my knowledge.
> The reason it returns "" is because: when working with
> native pascal types, assigning null to a string results
> in an empty string "" right ?
>
> cheers
> James
James,
Pascal is a stro
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