What is a NULL Value?
What is a NULL Value?
A field with a NULL value
is a field with no value.
If a field in a table is
optional, it is possible to insert a new record or update a record without
adding a value to this field. Then, the field will be saved with a NULL value.
Note: It is very
important to understand that a NULL value is different from a zero value or a
field that contains spaces. A field with a NULL value is one that has been left
blank during record creation!
How to Test for NULL
Values?
It is not possible to
test for NULL values with comparison operators, such as =, <, or <>.
We will have to use the
IS NULL and IS NOT NULL operators instead.
IS NULL Syntax
SELECT column_names
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IS NULL;
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IS NULL;
IS NOT NULL Syntax
SELECT column_names
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IS NOT NULL;
FROM table_name
WHERE column_name IS NOT NULL;
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