select 1 from dual where '' is null; select 1 from dual where trim(' ') is null; -- Timo Raitalaakso http://rafudb.blogspot.com/ 7.12.2011 22:51, Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx kirjoitti: > select count(*) ONE from lawcrp.mmdist where activity = ' '; > > ONE > ---------- > 3744244 > > select count(*) ZERO from lawcrp.mmdist where activity = ''; > > ZERO > ---------- > 0 > > > Joel Patterson > Database Administrator > 904 727-2546 > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l