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David Rowland

Member since Jul 6, 2012

Recent Blog Comments By David Rowland

  • Why NULL Values Should Not Be Used in a Database Unless Required

    Posted on May 15, 2014 at 11:35 PM

    As a Programmer/Analyst of 18 yrs, I FULLY SUPPORT and NEED my fields defaulting to NULL in my DB's, and I'm rather surprised such could even be questioned. After all, NULLS are a native/basic part of SQL queries used to provide end users with pertinent data. Perhaps important to note is that I so... read more »

  • Why NULL Values Should Not Be Used in a Database Unless Required

    Posted on Jul 6, 2012 at 5:22 PM

    Hey fellow geeks, please let me share my 2 cent's worth about defaulting DB fields to Null! As a Programmer/Analyst/Developer, over the past 16 yrs, I've created many DB's, and have ALWAYS coded programs against the DB's I've created (I'm at a place with ~3300 people). Just want to share what has c... read more »

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