On Dec 6, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Tom Jackson wrote:cle in general).
The "requirement" is the ability to handle both the empty string and
NULL.
Personally I like the Oracle behavior.
Seeing as the empty string is equivalent to NULL in Oracle, this is
one of the stupidest statements I've ever seen.
You're saying "personally, I like the Oracle behavior, which doesn't
meet my requirement".
Brilliant. Totally brilliant.
Quit posting from ignorance and wasting everyone's time, OK?
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