--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Svein Erling"
<svein.erling.tysvaer@k...> wrote:

> > And add to the confusion that in Dutch, the word for zero (0)
> > is pronounced as "null" (but written like "nul"). :-)
>
> Well, in Norwegian we do spell it null. Though I don't think we should
> blame any SQL guy for not knowing all the languages of the world.

Nol (with L softened, AFAIK you have'nt such a sound) in Russian.
AFAIK, in FB internally null "values" are stored as 0-representation
accordingly to data type and nullness :) is pointed by separate flag too.

Best regards,
Alexander.