V4MD - <null> results with lingo

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 16/7/07 7:24 PM, "Giacomo Vernoni" <giacomo at way-out.it> wrote:

> I understand that this is ONE POSSIBLE solution, but what's the point
> of having a field.getstring() function that doesn't return an empty
> string if a field is empty?
> 
> Be also aware that in Director, converting <void> to a string gives
> me an empty string:
> 
> put string(void)
> 
> -- ""
> 
> I have also tried
> 
> myText = string(vcursor.field("fld_text").value) -- the field is empty
> put myText
> 
> -- "<Null>"
> 
> So I can't do that neither.
> 
> So, the <null> result from vcursor.field("fld_text").value and the
> "<null>" result from vcursor.field("fld_text").getstring() aren't
> correct from my point of view... what do you think about it Ruslan?

Please report this into Mantis.


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Ruslan Zasukhin
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Paradigma Software, Inc

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