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One of the trickier aspects of application development is dealing with null or nonexistent data. Tony Patton takes a closer look at null values in the .NET framework.
Null pointer exceptions are no fun. You can avoid them and keep your code clean and maintainable by using these techniques to elegantly handle null values in C#.
Learn to change the default behavior and return HTTP 404 when action methods in ASP.NET Core return null values.
Null was first used by British computer scientist, Tony Hoare, 60 years ago as a term meaning "no value" and it's still very much in use in many databases today. The Wall Street Journal has been ...
How many null values exist? What is the difference between a null value and a blank entry? This article answers those questions and more by discussing what to look for when creating Access apps ...
Null values indicate that data is missing or unknown, and if you don't take steps to handle them, you could wind up with runtime errors or erroneous data. These Access pointers will help you ...
Null values can be a significant hurdle in data transformation, particularly when dealing with financial data. While Power Query provides various methods to tackle these null values, the coalesce ...
One of the trickiest aspects of relational database management can be dealing with missing information. The standard method of representing missing information is to set the 'value' to null.
Where the Null Monster Lurks Cleverly, the DBMS is interpreting the null Test_Code as “unknown” and that value might be “X” if the “unknown” should later become known. Therefore, the null Test_Code ...