But you then have to check for nulls, as opposed to just
saving the field values.
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>Why?<>
>Kevin,
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>Simply put, it means that the user did not enter any data for that column. A NULL is the only way to represent that. Not spaces, not zeroes. Good enough reason? <s>
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>~~Bonnie
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>>>Kevin,
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>>>We allow NULLs for everything except for PKs and for the FK in a child table.
>>>
>>>~~Bonnie
Everything makes sense in someone's mind
public class SystemCrasher :ICrashable
In addition, an integer field is not for irrational people