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Revision as of 05:39, 20 January 2025
This page was created by Lars.olofsson on 2024-01-16. Last edited by Stephanie on 2025-03-13.
Allow null sets an attribute's nullability, i.e. if this attribute should be able to hold "no value". It affects both the in-memory value (it will show up with a question mark at the end of the type, like Boolean?).
In c# and ocl its a bit tricky to know to check for both null and '' (empty string) for strings - hence the ->isnullorempty operator on string is good to use.
Nullability is at its best for numbers - helping user to distinguish if someone wrote 0 or no-one has written anything yet...
Read more about Initial values and Default Database values for a fuller explanation of the properties InitialValue, DefaultDBValue and Allow Null