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Maybe I'm Just Braindead... (Score:2)

by Mr. Muskrat (4572) <reversethis-{moc ... ta} {tarksum.rm}> on 2007.08.30 12:31 (#57282) Journal

... but I really thought that I had seen a database treat NULLs like Perl treats undefs. I guess it's always possible that my memory is playing tricks on me. It certainly wouldn't be the first time. I did a lot of stupid stuff in my youth that almost certainly destroyed vast amounts of brain cells.

The absence of a value shouldn't prevent you from checking [in]equality. But maybe I'm the only one that thinks that way. :)

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