Databasen - NULL dates
Neil de Carteret
n3dst4 at gmail.com
Wed Oct 18 11:14:45 BST 2006
On 18/10/06, Nigel Rantor <wiggly at wiggly.org> wrote:
> We got into a discussion about whether or not to use NULL values for
> dates that are as-yet-unknown. anyone have strong feelings and arguments
> either way?
>
NULL is the unknown value, implying that there might be a date, but it
hasn't been entered. So it's a "correct" use of NULL, and certainly
one that I wouldn't balk at.
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