The Meaning of Null in Databases and Programming Languages
Databases
2016-06-03 v1
Abstract
The meaning of null in relational databases is a major source of confusion not only among database users but also among database textbook writers. The purpose of this article is to examine what database nulls could mean and to make some modest suggestions about how to reduce the confusion.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1606.00740,
title = {The Meaning of Null in Databases and Programming Languages},
author = {Kenneth Baclawski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.00740},
year = {2016}
}