Well, it worked. I guess either my brain or my PC was slow in getting
back from vacation.
Thanks to those who wrote.
-David
On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:32:42 -0800 David Shadovitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Hmm. I'm using Oracle. I thought I tried this just before I escaped
> from my office today. I'll try it again in the morning.
> Thanks.
> -David
>
> On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:27:17 -0600 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Lamb)
> writes:
> > UPDATE Employees
> > SET Age = NULL
> > WHERE Id = 2
> >
> > This has always worked fine for me using MS SQL 7.0 and MS Access.
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Shadovitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 9:31 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: OT: Update to Null
> >
> >
> > Is it possible to UPDATE the value of a numeric field to NULL?
> >
> > Here's the scenario, which must be common:
> >
> > The records of the Employees database table are displayed in an
> HTML
> > table, with an Edit and Delete button in each row. The user
> clicks
> > Edit
> > to display a particular record in an editable form. If the user
> > clears
> > the Age field and submits the form, what would the SQL UPDATE
> > statement
> > look like?
> >
> > I don't think this works:
> > UPDATE Employees
> > SET Age = NULL
> > WHERE Id = 2
> >
> > I could test on FORM.Age and then do "SET Age = -1" if no age was
> > specified, but I'd rather not.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > -David
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