Tim Bunce wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 01:52:11PM -0800, Jonathan Leffler wrote: > > > > I've been emulating a pseudo-SQL command, UNLOAD, in DBI and > > DBD::Informix, and one of the messy parts is handling the mapping of > > undef into an empty string so as not to get warnings with 'perl -w'.
Amen. The problem is compounded in drivers like DBD::CSV which can't consistently distinguish between empty strings and NULLs. > My reluctance is mainly due to the many simple alternatives available. > > But I could probably be persuaded if enough driver authors gang up on me :) Gang, Gang. -- Jeff
