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From: "Emmanuel Bourg (Commented) (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (CSV-64) CSVPrinter does not distinguish null
 and the empty string
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Emmanuel Bourg commented on CSV-64:
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PostgreSQL can also use a special string for null values:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-copy.html

It supports two default text formats, a tab delimited format and a comma delimited format. The tab delimited format uses \N for null values. The comma delimited format uses an empty string.
                
> CSVPrinter does not distinguish null and the empty string
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CSV-64
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CSV-64
>             Project: Commons CSV
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Printer
>            Reporter: Sebb
>             Fix For: 1.x
>
>
> CSVPrinter does not distinguish null and the empty string.
> There should be a way to denote that a string is null rather than empty.

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