  | | | Subject: NULL values returning as empty string | Subject: NULL values returning as empty string 2007-10-23 - By Larry Low
Back I am unable to figure out why but NULL values which from what I read should be undefined are being defined. See the example below for the column thold_hi which shows as NULL in the database but the reference $row->{'thold_hi'} being defined.
I am running mysql 5.0.22 and DBI 1.58.
Example:
my $sql = "SELECT t.lastread,t.thold_hi,t.thold_low,thold_alert,bl_alert FROM host h LEFT JOIN data_local dl ON h.id=dl.host_id LEFT JOIN data_template_rrd dr ON dr.local_data_id=dl.id LEFT JOIN thold_data t ON t.data_id=dr.id WHERE h.description='something' AND dr.data_source_name='hdd_free'";
my $sth = $dbh->prepare($sql); $sth->execute(); my $row = $sth->fetchrow_hasref();
if (!defined($row->{'thold_hi'})) { print "Not Defined\n"; } else { print "Defined\n"; }
mysql> SELECT t.lastread,t.thold_hi,t.thold_low,thold_alert,bl_alert FROM host h LEFT JOIN data_local dl ON h.id=dl.host_id LEFT JOIN data_template_rrd dr ON dr.local_data_id=dl.id LEFT JOIN thold_data t ON t.data_id=dr.id WHERE h.description='something' AND dr.data_source_name='hdd_free'; +-- ---- --+-- ---- --+-- ---- ---+-- ---- -----+-- ---- --+ | lastread | thold_hi | thold_low | thold_alert | bl_alert | +-- ---- --+-- ---- --+-- ---- ---+-- ---- -----+-- ---- --+ | 24997856 | NULL | 25000000 | 1 | 0 | +-- ---- --+-- ---- --+-- ---- ---+-- ---- -----+-- ---- --+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
---- Larry Low 4150 N Drinkwater Blvd., 5th Floor Scottsdale, AZ 85251 E-mail: llow@(protected)'
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