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From: Bill Todd [TeamB]
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:42

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Isaac wrote:

> why when I sum a value with a variable hold a null value the result
> evaluate to null not the first value ??

Because the SQL standard says that null + anything is null. Null is not
a value. Null is a state indicating that there is no value. All SQL
compliant databases work this way.

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Bill Todd (TeamB)

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