select cast (2000 as type of quint) from rdb$database select cast (2000 as int) from rdb$database. If TYPE OF is used with a (VAR)CHAR type, its character.
As shown below, I need not null values to be at the start of all output fields.
select cast (2000 as type of quint) from rdb$database select cast (2000 as int) from rdb$database. If TYPE OF is used with a (VAR)CHAR type, its character.
Then in the second table I have select ..., null as opt from... I know that I could have an empty string with '' as opt however, I don't want an empty string, I really do need it to be null.
Ken Sanchez NULL * Terri Duffy NULL * Roberto Tamburello NULL * Rob Walters NULL * Gail Erickson
CAST(expression AS datatype(length)). Parameter Values.
The null character (also null terminator or null byte), abbreviated NUL or NULL, is a control character with the value zero. It is present in many character sets, including ISO/IEC 646 (or ASCII)...
In general, R supports: NULL NA NaN Inf / -Inf NULL is an object and is returned when an expression or function results in an undefined value.