>Hi George,
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>A null string is a string of zero length and terminated by a CHR(0). A null is completely different.
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>LOCAL lcstring, lvnull
>lcstring = "" && a zero length string
>lvnull = NULL && a null
>? VARTYPE(lcstring) = VARTYPE(lvnull), VARTYPE(lcstring), VARTYPE(lvnull)
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>Where is null string on this code ?
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>lcstring = "" && a zero length string
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>this is a empty string, not a null string.
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>For you a zero length string is a null string ?
>
Fabio,

By defintion a null string has a data type, a null does not.