Re: [stellation-res] Comments table, why insert empty comment?

[Dave Shields <shields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 09:36:18PM +0100, Ringo De Smet wrote:
> This setup is chosen to prevent duplicate NULL rows I guess. Right?

It's chosen to avoid NULLs entirely, as they can be a source of great confusion
unless absolutely needed. It also seems nicer if everything we store in the
repository is defined -- we should be report an error rather than enter an 
undefined entity in the repository.

dave

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