>>>>> "J" == Jeremy Leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> ... but what about if Foo is integer? It looks like
J> Foo.getBar() returns a java int, and so has no way of
J> indicating null.
Ouch ... for exactly this sort of reason, columns should return
Objects; as much as we all hate Integer and Double, this is an
appropriate use of these abstractions.
Another example is booleans, which, in MySQL, represents T/F
by a CHAR(0) with the values null or "", and timestamps that are
set to clocktime when set to null (don't you just love the way
the SQL mind works?)
Another item to slip into the FAQ: It took me some time this evening
to find the old email message explaining how you shift from clear
text to SHA passwords; that magic string for "turbine" should get
plunked into a doc somewhere ;)
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Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc
Business Innovations Through Open Source Systems: http://www.teledyn.com
"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)
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