Yes, that's exactly what we want. :-P Maybe you could add your comments here: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IBATIS-63
Thanks. Bing On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 23:51:43 +1100, Huy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry Meadors wrote: > > On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 13:07:43 +1100, Huy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Larry Meadors wrote: > >> > >>>Just curious: If you can have null values, why are you using primitive > >>>values. > >> > >>Well primitives are easier to work with in Java IMO. > > > > > > Not if you need null support. :-) > > > > Which do you need more? Null support or ease of use? You do not get > > both, and not even the autoboxing in jdk5 will fix that. > > I see your point, but sometimes we can't control databases designed 20 > years ago which allowed nulls in integer columns when such a thing was > not desirable. I guess it's not a major issue, just something a bit > different that we have to worry about when dealing with primitives. > Maybe there can be some global configuration to not assign nulls to > primitive properties so that we can default these in our beans. We have > to default them anyway to something in the beans so why do we have to do > it in two places. Of course then we'd need something to specify when > nulls are not wanted on certain columns. Ahhh....sounds like I'm going > in circles. > > >>>You do realize that even if we do not call the setter, the > >>>property holder will be set to 0 anyway, right? > >> > >>Which I guess is the point, so why do we have to specify this in sqlmap. > > > > > > So we do not have to force that decision upon other users of the framework. > > > > IMO, this is not what I would expect from the tool. If there is a null > > in a field that cannot accurately represent null values, I want an > > error. I want a big, nasty error that makes the lights in the server > > room flicker, and sets off alarms. The *last* thing I want is for my > > framework to assume that it is supposed to be zero, and just happily > > chug along. > > Fair enough, but nulls in number columns always has caused me more > problems then zeros in number columns. > > Huy >
