Hi,
I realize that this is a very newbie question. But I would like to know why or at least to know that I understand this correctly.
The following SQL Select should find a record.
declare @testreq char(20)
set @testreq = 'XYZABC123'
SELECT @TestPk = RECORD_PK FROM MyTable WHERE REQUESTOR = @testreq
The value assigned to the variable @TestPk is 0 (zero) (since the record not found in the table).
Why not NULL? Is this because at the top of the stored procedure the @TestPk is declared as an INT and it cannot be NULL?
TIA
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