> I have just run that example in Oracle 8i and it does as I expect, ...

But, what does it mean "as expect" when talking about Oracle ?
I guess its not "as described by standard" ? :-)

Ivan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Shrimpton" <phil@...>
To: <Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Firebird-general] Oracle and NULL's


> On Friday 18 June 2004 16:21, Ann W. Harrison wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> > I was surprised that the article suggested this was new.
> > As far as I know, Oracle has never distinguished between
> > an empty string and a null value.
>
> I have just run that example in Oracle 8i and it does as I expect, and not as
> the article describes. Maybe it was introduced in v9 or it can be turned off
> or something (I will have to ask one of our DBA's)
>
> Phil