In a DB, 0 does not equal NULL :-)
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 18:37:24 -0500, Claude Schneegans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Can someone explain the concept of + or - zero? > > Mathematically, they just don't exist, since "negative" means less than 0 and > "positive" means greater than 0. > So 0 is neither positive nor negative: it is null, period. > In computers using a special bit for the sign, things are different. > Some operations may result in "negative zero", however languages usually > convert them to simply zero. > > -- > _______________________________________ > REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; > See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm > (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Thanks. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:189467 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
