Re: Dates and NULL's`

On May 10, 2011, at 9:48 AM, John Fabiani wrote:

> Hi,
> Maybe this is a dumb question but if I have a date field that contains a NULL
> will it show up when I ask for a where date range for the same date field.
>
> Where mydate >= "2011/04/01"::date and mydate<= "2011/04/30"::date
>
> With the above where will the NULL's be selected????
>
> I ask because I was always told that a NULL matches everything and nothing!
>
> Johnf
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The NULLs will not be included. NULL matches nothing, not even itself.

Brent D.