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Vinayak Jog
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Posted - 2012-09-07 : 05:35:11
select column_name, null from table_name;

what is the use of null here ?

Vinayak Jog

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Posted - 2012-09-07 : 05:40:57
In the given example the result set will have a second column with no column name and NULL as value in every returned row.
The sense - I don't know...


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visakh16
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Posted - 2012-09-08 : 17:23:20
quote:
Originally posted by Vinayak Jog

select column_name, null from table_name;

what is the use of null here ?

Vinayak Jog



its just a place holder here and i hope this is part of table insert. in that case there might be an update step following this to set the column value based on some logic

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Vinayak Jog
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Posted - 2012-09-10 : 05:35:46
Thanks for all the replies, visakh16's reply seems more appropriate. Thank you to all the sqlteam.

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visakh16
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Posted - 2012-09-10 : 10:12:06
welcome

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