[AccessD] An Interesting question

Gustav Brock Gustav at cactus.dk
Mon Mar 30 04:29:14 CDT 2009


Hi Drew

> Black isn't a color?  Does Crayola know this?  ;)
They do, and so does any photographer. Have you ever wondered about the distinguishing between b/w pictures/photos and colour ditto?

> No value is still a value.... ;)
This seems to be your problem! 

/gustav

>>> DWUTKA at marlow.com 30-03-2009 10:40 >>>
Black isn't a color?  Does Crayola know this?  ;)

No value is still a value.... ;)

Ok, it's getting late...arguing for the heck of it! LOL

Drew

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
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Hi Drew

> So black isn't a color? ;)
Exactly. Neither is white. 

> The absence of a value is still a value... ;)
No. It is a condition. This is what IsNull() is for. 

/gustav


>>> DWUTKA at marlow.com 30-03-2009 01:02 >>>
So black isn't a color? ;)

The absence of a value is still a value... ;)

Is this going to be another great debate?

Drew

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
McLachlan
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 4:47 PM
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No :-)
Null is NOT a value - it is something unknown. 

-- 
Stuart

On 29 Mar 2009 at 16:37, Drew Wutka wrote:

> Well on a new record, it would just be setting the default value.  But
> if a field is null, isn't that a value in and of itself?  






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