On Dec 27, 11:05 am, Martin <mar...@marcher.name> wrote: > 2008/12/26 John Machin <sjmac...@lexicon.net>: > > > The above all have the same characteristic: if the input is a zero- > > length string, then NULL is inserted into the database instead of a > > zero-length string. Some folks (not just pedants!) regard that as an > > important difference. > > agreed but I understood the OP specifically wanted NULL and not ''.
He wanted None inserted into the database as NULL if his regex didn't match. He didn't invite you to change a matching '' to NULL with no announcement. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
