At 01:47 PM 8/09/2005 +0200, you wrote:

>Helen,
>thanks for your reply.
>I have tried this before (and now again), but this is filling all
>mentioned fields with two single quotes instead of a blank string.

Two single quotes represent an *empty* string. Ascii(32) surrounded by two
single quotes is a blank string. The other alternative is null.

So which do you want?

If you want null (not an empty string, not a blank string) then apply the
method Clear to the field or parameter at assignment time.

Helen

>Regards
> Gunther
>
>Am 8 Sep 2005 um 19:04 hat Helen Borrie geschrieben:
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> > At 09:59 AM 8/09/2005 +0200, you wrote:
> > >How do I define an empty string as default value in the IB_Query
> > >field editor.
> > >"Getting started" tells, that a blank (ascii 32; not preferred here) and
> > >empty string (ascii 0, that's what i want) can be used.
> > >How do I define #0 as the default value in the field editor?
> >
> > Two single quotes.
> >
> > Helen
> >
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