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Description

The NULLVALUE property is used to replace the NULL value of a dataset field with the specified value.


Syntax

<#DATASET ALIAS="anAlias" QUERYID="aQueryId">


<#field1 NULLVALUE="ValueInsteadOfNull"/>


<#/DATASET>

 

Applications

Use the NULLVALUE property to display some text when some DATASET field has null values.

Note: The NULLVALUE will be inserted only if the filed is actually NULL. This is not the case when the field contains an empty string ('').


Examples

Example 1. Usage of the NULLVALUE property.

Source code


NULLVALUE property example


  This table shows all the information stored on the contacts table. 
   Notice that the value "(unknown)" appears on null fields.

  
  
  
    
    
    
  
    <#DATASET ALIAS="OPEX" QUERYID="19">
     
       
       
       
           
    <#/DATASET>
  
User Name e-mail Phone number
<#USERNAME/> <#EMAIL/> <#PHONE NULLVALUE="(Unknown)"/>
 
 



SQL Sentence No. 19
SELECT * FROM CONTACTS


CONTACTS table.
CREATE TABLE "CONTACTS" (
   "USERNAME"   VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
   "EMAIL"   VARCHAR(128) NOT NULL,
   "PHONE"   VARCHAR(32)
);

Test example