<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476863800158400170.post4476826526548863585..comments</id><updated>2022-03-22T15:29:41.873+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on TDIing out loud, ok SDIing as well: Null Behavior</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/4476826526548863585/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/2014/08/null-behavior.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Eddie Hartman</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12264507239868838185</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476863800158400170.post-94843823920536608</id><published>2015-09-09T20:01:52.680+02:00</published><updated>2015-09-09T20:01:52.680+02:00</updated><title type='text'>@Chris - Remember that every att map has Null Beha...</title><summary type='text'>@Chris - Remember that every att map has Null Behavior that can be configured, just like every individual attribute mapping rule. So you decide if an empty string is the same as null, or a specific value (e.g. N/A). And then you define what is to happen. Do you want the attribute mapped as a null then choose &amp;#39;Return null value&amp;#39; in the &amp;#39;Null behavior&amp;#39; column of the Null Behavior </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/4476826526548863585/comments/default/94843823920536608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/4476826526548863585/comments/default/94843823920536608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/2014/08/null-behavior.html?showComment=1441821712680#c94843823920536608' title=''/><author><name>Eddie Hartman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12264507239868838185</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/2014/08/null-behavior.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476863800158400170.post-4476826526548863585' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/posts/default/4476826526548863585' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1704999844"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 9, 2015 at 8:01 PM"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476863800158400170.post-4792916704612259391</id><published>2015-09-09T19:42:30.586+02:00</published><updated>2015-09-09T19:42:30.586+02:00</updated><title type='text'>This one always vexes me.&#xa;&#xa;So, what&amp;#39;t the righ...</title><summary type='text'>This one always vexes me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, what&amp;#39;t the right way to deal with a null during an update?  Following your example with TITLE, if the &amp;quot;target&amp;quot; system currently has a value for TITLE, but the &amp;quot;source&amp;quot; file/system now says TITLE should be empty (i.e. it needs to be changed from it&amp;#39;s current value to null), what&amp;#39;s the best way to get that change down the line</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/4476826526548863585/comments/default/4792916704612259391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/4476826526548863585/comments/default/4792916704612259391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/2014/08/null-behavior.html?showComment=1441820550586#c4792916704612259391' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17959438385678102119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://www.tdiingoutloud.com/2014/08/null-behavior.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4476863800158400170.post-4476826526548863585' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4476863800158400170/posts/default/4476826526548863585' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1408568300"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 9, 2015 at 7:42 PM"/></entry></feed>