Apr 14, 2011 · Which is why you can only use IS NULL/IS NOT NULL as predicates for such situations. This behavior is not specific to SQL Server. All standards-compliant SQL dialects …

Feb 25, 2009 · Also, the null character in a C-style variable length string is used to mark the end of the string. The use of null in these ways, especially for pointer values, has become so …

Apr 29, 2009 · The surprise expressed by JavaScript developers at typeof null === "object" is the result of an impedance mismatch (or abstraction leak) between a weakly-typed language …

Jan 4, 2024 · Comparing null === 0 or null > 0 or null < 0 will result in false. But as null is also an object we can detect it as a null. I made a more complex function natureof witch will do better …

Mar 6, 2012 · The reasoning is that a null means "unknown", so the result of any comparison to a null is also "unknown". So you'll get no hit on rows by coding where my_column = null. SQL …

Apr 16, 2020 · Now IS NULL is a little trickier and is the preferred method for evaluating the condition of a variable being NULL. When you use the “IS NULL” clause, it checks both the …

A constant expression of type int with the value 0, or an expression of this type, cast to type void * is a null pointer constant, which if converted to a pointer becomes a null pointer. It is …

Apr 11, 2011 · That is one interpretaion of NULL. In certain contexts, it is clearly the correct one. But SQL is not consistent when it comes to NULL, so there are contexts where NULL means …

Feb 5, 2012 · @RogerWang - Good question! The answer is that null isn't an object, it's an object reference (a blank one). It's the only object reference we can write literally in code. So Object …

Feb 24, 2011 · typeof null returning "object" makes sense. The only other value that would make sense would be "null", since it definitely should return something different from typeof …