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		irrational on Sept 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Problems with Oracle SQL How can he write that long of a blog post about Oracle SQL and not mention the number one sin? Null is equal to empty string.

q-big on Sept 10, 2021 [–]

> Null is equal to empty string.

marcosdumay disagrees:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28484963

NULL and empty string are often equal, but sometimes not. Life would be boring otherwise.

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