Actually, it's not null by default. If you open a remote view and APPEND BLANK any dates will be {}, not null. Access doesn't understand {}, so you have to make the dates null.

>At the start of the application.
>Use the command.
>SET NULLDISPLAY TO ''
>
>Then you won't see .NULL.,
>It is set to .NULL. by default...
>
>Skål!
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