> When doing an insert using NULL in the insert request,
> what really is being written in the column?
> Is the word NULL being written?
> Is any real space being consumed?
In the cases that you really want to store NULL ;-)
No, it's not the word "null".
Of course space is consumed.
How much depends, see, for example:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/static-format.html
or
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/dynamic-format.html
This is for MyISAM, InnoDB behaves differently.
Martijn Tonies
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