Mike Mattys
mmattys at rochester.rr.com
Sun Mar 29 19:06:51 CDT 2009
It spontaneously becomes not null! Yea! - Michael R Mattys MapPoint and Database Dev www.mattysconsulting.com - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] An Interesting question > Quantum programming? You don't know the value until you observe it? > > > Rocky Smolin > Beach Access Software > 858-259-4334 > www.e-z-mrp.com > www.bchacc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Collins > Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:43 PM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: Re: [AccessD] An Interesting question > > Yes! of course it would, it couldn't be false because you don't know if it > is true or false. You don't know anything. > > most excellent point stuart. :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan > Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 10:35 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] An Interesting question > > > Incorrect. Null = Null doesn't return False, it returns Null > > > On 30 Mar 2009 at 10:27, Darryl Collins wrote: > >> My understanding of NULL, in the database sense is that it is unknown. >> It maybe a value or it may not be, you don't know what it is. That >> is why if you say NULL = NULL would return false, rather than true, >> because you don't know what NULL is.