I thought this question was answered when I searched and found Class::DBI specifying field is NULL.

However, I tried this: 

...
        my @areas = Areas->search( areaname => undef );
        my $area = pop @areas;

        print " Area in DB, id: " . $area->id;
        print " areaname: " . $area->areaname;
...

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And got this: 
"processEmpFile.pl" 291 lines, 6885 characters 
gonzo:/dbsetup/empDataLoad.04: ./processEmpFile.pl
Can't call method "id" on an undefined value at ./processEmpFile.pl li
+ne 72, <GEN0> chunk 1.

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* I verfied via SQL that there is an entry in the DB where areaname is null.

* I also searched for another known value "foobar" using C::DBI and found it successfully.

I am using Oracle 8, which I suspect is related to why the above node doesn't apply to me. Anyone know a work around?

--Fred

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In reply to Oracle and Class::DBI search for a NULL field value by freddo411

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