dev(at)archonet(dot)com writes:
> A null is *not* a value.
> A null is *not* a "special" value.
> A null is the absence of a value.
A quotation directly from the SQL standard:
Every data type includes a special value, called the null value,
This seems to directly contradict those three statements.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net