That's true, but there may be times when NULL is appropriate - and not ev ery column has an index.
-----Original Message----- From: Zac Spitzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: NULL or 0 Mark A. Kruger - CFG wrote: >Come to think of it - if you are using MSSQL you can use the "ISNULL( )" >function to acheive that result - it replaces a null with a default valu e > as >in: > >SELECT IsNull(MyintColumn,0) AS MyintColumn > of course design wise 0 can be better than NULL as null values are not indexed by RDBM's z ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
