>>>>Hi, I was looking for a solution to this:
>>>>We have a date field that if it contains a date, it means the item is closed.
>>>>If it is blank, it means still pending.
>>>>Now a new status is that it will be neither of these so a mgr wants all zeros to denote this. But it won't accept this, so what could be input to denote a 3rd status?
>>>
>>>Why not use status field?
>>>
>>>Otherwise you can either use NULL or some arbitrary date.
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>>How does a user input NULL?
>
>Interesting question. I don't think the user inputs it or have a way to input.

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