Re: Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when

From: Tino Wildenhain <tino(at)wildenhain(dot)de>
To: Nagib Abi Fadel <nagib(dot)abi-fadel(at)usj(dot)edu(dot)lb>
Cc: generalpost <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Should we consider empty fields as NULL values when
Date: 2003-12-11 15:48:28
Message-ID: 3FD891CC.9090805@wildenhain.de
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Hi,

Nagib Abi Fadel schrieb:
[...]
>
> When using script languages (like PHP) if by mistake the variable is not
> defined such insert is possible (let's say we have a variable
> $col1_value and after a long day of work we make a mistake and write it
> $col_value).
This is the nastiness with _such_ a scripting language.
Luckyly there are others that throw exceptions in such
a case :-)

SCNR
Tino

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