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Posted Jan 30, 2009

NULL in the Data Warehouse

By DatabaseJournal.com Staff

[From SQL Server Magazine]

The arguments for and against NULL in the data warehouse are complicated. The goal of the data warehouse is to represent a single version of the truth for the enterprise. This article looks at a number of situations when use of NULL might be appropriate, and situations where the use of NULL could cause end user confusion.

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