From torque-user-return-8322-apmail-db-torque-user-archive=db.apache.org@db.apache.org Fri Oct 01 19:39:03 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-torque-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 94898 invoked from network); 1 Oct 2010 19:39:03 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 1 Oct 2010 19:39:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 85974 invoked by uid 500); 1 Oct 2010 19:39:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-torque-user-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 85839 invoked by uid 500); 1 Oct 2010 19:39:02 -0000 Mailing-List: contact torque-user-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Apache Torque Users List" Reply-To: "Apache Torque Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list torque-user@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 85827 invoked by uid 99); 1 Oct 2010 19:39:02 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:39:02 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=10.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [62.13.148.112] (HELO outmail148112.authsmtp.co.uk) (62.13.148.112) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:38:53 +0000 Received: from mail-c187.authsmtp.com (mail-c187.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.33]) by punt9.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id o91JcWHJ096100 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:38:32 +0100 (BST) Received: from dhcp-wlan29.home.lan (p5B2810AD.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [91.40.16.173]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id o91JcU1s026821 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2010 20:38:31 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4CA638E3.4050004@apache.org> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:39:15 +0200 From: Thomas Vandahl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20100915 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: torque-user@db.apache.org Subject: Revisited: Oracle and the empty string X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Quench: 78bb5dfb-cd93-11df-ab46-001185d377ca X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdyaAgQClZJUiwT EioPDCIGTh8qMAFL GwYeIE5HO1cTfQhb dE9CJ1FTPRsbX15P A2cUJAcQT19xWGNl aQpbbg1XYUsAVgR0 VEhXQ1RMFQJrHh4E BBsBUlctfgQ8Kxtx JkZgWHhZXQp9dkMz RUYGR2hSMzV9OzQW U11ZdlcCbVIYehlY alB+VXsINWYAYSkx CTU+ITEqPClSJHYd ZRsEJlYfCU8NEnYg Rx1KEDA3AVxNXDkp LhopQgQg X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633138303539.1000:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. Hi folks, just a question about a "best-practice". We are trying to implement an XML-to-DB-mapper service on Oracle. The (existing) XSD defines some fields which distinguish between "not set" (null) and "empty" (""). How do others handle this in Oracle? Especially within Torque? Bye, Thomas. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: torque-user-unsubscribe@db.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: torque-user-help@db.apache.org