>>I am doing a sql select with LEFT OUTER to a child table. If the child table does not have a record in the master table I still get the record returned (that's what I want), but the values for the fields of the child record are filled with nulls. I've tried SET NULL OFF but no luck. The problem is that I am inserting these records into another table that does not allow null values. Is there a way to do this query without returning nulls for those records?
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>>Thanks.
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>>John
>John,
>Maybe there is an easier way but this is what I would do. :
>- select nvl(child.field1,0) as fied1,nvl(child.field2,"") as field2 ...
>- or after select blank nulls
>

for ix = 1 to fcount()
>  cField = field(ix)
>  blank fields &cField for isnull(&cField)
>endfor

Cetin

Hi Cetin,

I think your second idea will work for me here. I just don't remember nulls populating fields from a select before. Is this a new feature in 5.0a? hmmm...I did just start using the new sql syntax (LEFT OUTER etc.)...Does this have anything to do with the returned nulls?

Thanks for your help!

John.