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SQL nulls are weird
All of this would be avoided if NULL in sql was just called "UNKNOWN". Which is what it is. Terrible name :/
Imo, SQL should add "NOTHING", add "UNKNOWN" as a synonym for "NULL", and deprecate "NULL".
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Imo, SQL should add "NOTHING", add "UNKNOWN" as a synonym for "NULL", and deprecate "NULL".