>Hello,
>
>I got an error and I am trying to understand why this is a problem.
>
>For example if I run the following code
lcName='Kevin Emmrich'
select lcName, pk from usersecurity into cursor temp
lcName = .NULL.
select lcName, pk from usersecurity into cursor temp
>
>When I set lcName to NULL I get the error '
does
>not accept null values'. Why wouldn't the sql*select just
>create a field in temp that can accept nulls. Is the problem
>that the sql*select can't figure out the data type even though
>it is a "C"?
Also, it can't figure out how wide to make the field. A .NULL. has no data type of its own, so SQL shouldn't try to guess what it means.
I tried to fake it out by doingSELECT SPACE(20), 0 FROM usersecurity UNION ;
select lcName, pk from usersecurity into cursor temp
but got the same error.
