Re: DB_PORTABILITY_NULL_TO_EMPTY

From:	Lukas Smith	Date:	Thu, 08 Apr 2004 17:05:09 +0000
Subject:	Re: DB_PORTABILITY_NULL_TO_EMPTY
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Daniel Convissor wrote:

Hi Lukas: On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 06:37:21PM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote:
was there a particular reason why you made this portability option this way around not the other (as in DB_PORTABILITY_EMPTY_TO_NULL)?
So the output from Oracle will look like the output from all the other DBMS's.
As far as I know Oracle converts empty strings to null.
Yup.

but why not convert the other way around? then you wouldnt have to convert anything for Oracle? I guess its too late to change this for DB anyways as the code is already released as stable. I am just pondering for MDB2. regards, Lukas Smith smith@backendmedia.com _______________________________ BackendMedia www.backendmedia.com berlin@backendmedia.com Linn Zwoch Smith GbR Pariser Str. 44 D-10707 Berlin Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07