Comment by ars
9 years ago
This is (was) very common in database systems. Many don't distinguish empty string from NULL. Example: http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.5.0/com...
As a workaround, if the database supports unicode, then store a "zero width space" for a blank string.
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