> >
> >An empty string is (IIRC) ASCII 20.
> >
> Kind of ironic, since ASCII 20 is (IIRC) a space. And yet a space

is

> also very different from an empty string.

Sorry to say Jonathan, but 20 is only a space if your looking at the
hex value. The decimal ascii value of space is actually 32.
According to the defined ascii tables, the value 0 (both hex and
decimal <grin>) is considedered the null value.

Now 0 is not necessarily the value of null stored in an FB database,
but if your processing flat files....

Just my 2c.

Ryan