SQL> SELECT * FROM V$VERSION;
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Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.4.0 - 64bit Production
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NULL空值概念
NULL即空值，表中的某些欄位值可能會出現空值,這是因為這個資料不知道是什麼值或根本就不存在。
Oracle中NULL不等同於字串中的空格，也不是數字型別的0，因此NULL不支援加，減，乘，除，大小，等值的比較，否則只能為空，NULL的使用不能用“=”NULL 應該使用 IS NULL或者 IS NOT NUL
以下是簡單的測試示例:
SQL> select * from emp;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
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7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 1980-12-17 00:00:00 800 20
7499 ALLEN SALESMAN 7698 1981-02-20 00:00:00 1600 300 30
7521 WARD SALESMAN 7698 1981-02-22 00:00:00 1250 500 30
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 1981-04-02 00:00:00 2975 20
7654 MARTIN SALESMAN 7698 1981-09-28 00:00:00 1250 1400 30
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 1981-05-01 00:00:00 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 1981-06-09 00:00:00 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 1987-04-19 00:00:00 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 1981-11-17 00:00:00 5000 10
7844 TURNER SALESMAN 7698 1981-09-08 00:00:00 1500 0 30
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 1987-05-23 00:00:00 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 1981-12-03 00:00:00 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 1981-12-03 00:00:00 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 1982-01-23 00:00:00 1300 10
14 rows selected.
1.NULL的使用
SQL> select * from emp where comm=NULL;
no rows selected
SQL> select * from emp where comm is NULL;
EMPNO ENAME JOB MGR HIREDATE SAL COMM DEPTNO
---------- ---------- --------- ---------- ------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
7369 SMITH CLERK 7902 1980-12-17 00:00:00 800 20
7566 JONES MANAGER 7839 1981-04-02 00:00:00 2975 20
7698 BLAKE MANAGER 7839 1981-05-01 00:00:00 2850 30
7782 CLARK MANAGER 7839 1981-06-09 00:00:00 2450 10
7788 SCOTT ANALYST 7566 1987-04-19 00:00:00 3000 20
7839 KING PRESIDENT 1981-11-17 00:00:00 5000 10
7876 ADAMS CLERK 7788 1987-05-23 00:00:00 1100 20
7900 JAMES CLERK 7698 1981-12-03 00:00:00 950 30
7902 FORD ANALYST 7566 1981-12-03 00:00:00 3000 20
7934 MILLER CLERK 7782 1982-01-23 00:00:00 1300 10
10 rows selected.
2.Oracle NULL的比較運算測試
SQL> select * from emp where 1 > NULL;
no rows selected
SQL> select * from emp where 1 + NULL < 0;
no rows selected
SQL> select * from emp where 1 * NULL < 0;
no rows selected
基於NULL的特殊性，SQL語句在使用函式時，應該對NULL語句進行測試，檢視返回結果再使用