Re: [SQL] date

Roland_DUBOULOZ ha scritto:

> I have a table like this :
>    table  books (name varchar , return_date date)
>
> The field return_date is not initialized :
> insert into books values (name1);
> insert into books values (namex);
>
> The field return_date is updated when the books is returned like this :
>
> update books set return_date='10-06-1999' where name=xxx;
>
> How can i select all the item where the return_date is not updated ?
>
> a request like this :
>
> select * from books where return_date=''  ????
>

SELECT * FROM books WHERE return_date IS NULL;

>
> (actually i initialised the return_date with the values '01-01-0001')
>
> thank you.
>
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