> where "field_name" actually exists but may not be used (null). > > the problem is that if it is not used then warnings are generated, > even if i do;- > > if($myrow["field_name"] != null){ > $data = $myrow["field_name"]; > } is there any proposal to unify database extensions ? it seems that the mysql-extension doesn't set NULL values whereas the mssql-extension sets them to FALSE and the generic ODBC-extension sets them to 0. i haven't tried the others. there are a few other points that should be genrealized too here. harald. -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]