> What do other DBs do with their output variables if there is
> an embedded SQL
> query resulting in a NULL return value? What I mean is:
>
> exec sql select text into :txt:ind from ...
>
> If text is NULL, ind will be set, but does txt change?
>
> I was just told Informix blanks txt.
No, it gives a null string.
In general Informix has a value that represents null that is
'distinct from all legal values in any given datatype'.
Andreas