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Status Delivered
Categories EGL Language
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 24, 2012

EGL default value for nullable fields

n RDB when I generate the structure for an SQLRecord from a database table with the utility "SQL Record -> Retrieve SQL" if a field is nullable is imported with the clause: "isSqlNullable = yes". Instead of this declaration which involves the default value current timestamp for date and timestamp fields It would be much better to have the possibility to import nullable fields with the ? notation. Alternatively the default value for date/timestamp nullable fields must be null and not current date/timestamp

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Sep 21, 2015

    This feature was delivered in version 9.5.

  • Guest
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    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Business Developer

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Business Developer

  • Guest
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    Mar 26, 2015

    The feature that is described in this request is a candidate for a future release.

  • Guest
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    Sep 28, 2012

    Thanks for your input. We are considering this for a future update but don't have it in plan yet.