Subject: Re: [xsl] A MySQL heads-up. From: Paul DuBois <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 18:26:20 -0600 |
Just a wee heads-up for anybody using MySQL's XML output function...it seems to export any empty field with a datatype of "text" as an empty element, rather than an element containing the NULL one might expect.
Why do you expect this? An empty field is not the same as a field that contains NULL.
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t; CREATE TABLE t (tx TEXT); INSERT INTO t (tx) VALUES(''),(NULL),('some text'); SELECT tx FROM t;
<resultset statement="SELECT tx FROM t"> <row> <tx></tx> </row>
<row> <tx>NULL</tx> </row>
<row> <tx>some text</tx> </row> </resultset>
<?xml version="1.0"?> <mysqldump> <database name="test"> <table name="t"> <row> <field name="tx"></field> </row> <row> <field name="tx">NULL</field> </row> <row> <field name="tx">some text</field> </row> </table> </database> </mysqldump>
In both cases, the output for the empty value and the NULL value are different. If they were not, you'd be hard-pressed to distinguish the two in your stylesheets. (Of course, as it is, you can't really distinguish NULL from a column containing the string "NULL", hm....)
I found this out a few minutes ago, after a very frustrating search. If you've encountered this, you might think your XSLT was broken, as I did. Never fear! It's the product!
;^)
--->Ben
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