Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 02/23/06 10:28

Erich93063 (erich93063@gmail.com) writes:
> As far as the first name being NULL or not, I am generated a CSV file
> so I just need an empty string. Unless you're saying it is more optimal
> to use NULL instead of an empty string. As far as what would get
> outputed to the CSV file it would be the same.

OK, for a CSV that would be the right thing. I got the impression that
you were inserting data into a table.


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