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FM.NULL

Returns a null value.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
FM FMSQL 5.1 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "FM.NULL" )

Parameters

none

Result

Returns empty container.

Description

Returns a null value.
FileMaker doesn't really have a NULL value, but other databases make a difference between empty text ("") and no value (NULL).
This function returns a special container value with no content.

SQL.SetParamValue and SQL.SetParamValues can use this value to pass NULL to the database.

Examples

get null value:

MBS("FM.NULL")

See also

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This function is free to use.

Created 20th April 2015, last changed 14th September 2015


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