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Today, I noticed different empty string behaviour then I am
used to.

Before, empty string was treated as null, so statement

vcResult := 'something' || ''

would result in vcResult = ''.

Today, result of this statement was vcResult = 'something'.

Does anybody know, when (which patchset) did this behaviour
with treating empty strings as null change?

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Oct 20 '05 #1
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:17:59 +0200, krofak interested us by writing:

Does anybody know, when (which patchset) did this behaviour
with treating empty strings as null change?


Seems to work (something+'' = something) in 9.0.1.3.1

It would be somewhat useful for you to tell us the version and patchset
you are on, as well as the OS info.

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Oct 20 '05 #2
krofak wrote:
Today, I noticed different empty string behaviour then I am
used to.

Before, empty string was treated as null, so statement

vcResult := 'something' || ''

would result in vcResult = ''.

Today, result of this statement was vcResult = 'something'.

Does anybody know, when (which patchset) did this behaviour
with treating empty strings as null change?

--
I find myself fascinating.


Not in Oracle... An empty string in Oracle is NULL.
NULL concatenated to s string is that string (nothing more,
nothing less).

I find you less fascinating; you obviously post in the
wrong group.
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Frank van Bortel

Top-posting is one way to shut me up...
Oct 21 '05 #3

"HansF" <Ne*******@telu s.net> wrote in message
news:pa******** *************** *****@telus.net ...
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:17:59 +0200, krofak interested us by writing:

Does anybody know, when (which patchset) did this behaviour
with treating empty strings as null change?


Seems to work (something+'' = something) in 9.0.1.3.1

It would be somewhat useful for you to tell us the version and patchset
you are on, as well as the OS info.


Version: 9.2.0.7. I am not sure about OS, AIX something
Oct 21 '05 #4

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