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<h1>mysqlpp::Null&lt; Type, Behavior &gt; Class Template Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="mysqlpp::Null" -->Class for holding data from a SQL column with the NULL attribute.  
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<code>#include &lt;<a class="el" href="null_8h-source.html">null.h</a>&gt;</code>
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<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Types</h2></td></tr>
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typedef Type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#ca01e95f7308d0601463e941857245ac">value_type</a></td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Type of the data stored in this object, when it is not equal to SQL null. <br></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Member Functions</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#a776139d049ac32aa7850ecd5e623b8f">Null</a> ()</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Default constructor.  <a href="#a776139d049ac32aa7850ecd5e623b8f"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#738398c6aa00bd5a4d691f6277e453ca">Null</a> (const Type &amp;x)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Initialize the object with a particular value.  <a href="#738398c6aa00bd5a4d691f6277e453ca"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#b04ae6dc7e0e4ad80021014a6e241b67">Null</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1null__type.html">null_type</a> &amp;)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Construct a <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a> equal to SQL null.  <a href="#b04ae6dc7e0e4ad80021014a6e241b67"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#fe802f73095c32d205cf211c0f57ea15">operator Type &amp;</a> ()</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Converts this object to Type.  <a href="#fe802f73095c32d205cf211c0f57ea15"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#166ecaa4b711982efe2d8ceee57cd06a">operator=</a> (const Type &amp;x)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Assign a value to the object.  <a href="#166ecaa4b711982efe2d8ceee57cd06a"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a> &amp;&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#feeb2bf706bb7790a6f875783000bced">operator=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1null__type.html">null_type</a> &amp;n)</td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Assign SQL null to this object.  <a href="#feeb2bf706bb7790a6f875783000bced"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#cbc1510c2656a7bf6f09ede8080946c3">operator==</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a>&lt; Type &gt; &amp;rhs) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do equality comparison of two nullable values.  <a href="#cbc1510c2656a7bf6f09ede8080946c3"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#cc421c483f46260347daf6ab6a05d301">operator==</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1null__type.html">null_type</a> &amp;) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do equality comparison against hard-coded SQL null.  <a href="#cc421c483f46260347daf6ab6a05d301"></a><br></td></tr>
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bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#e6a5550e3c7c388b558a737b50c7d903">operator!=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a>&lt; Type &gt; &amp;rhs) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do inequality comparison of two nullable values. <br></td></tr>
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bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#e15fb952f10e58d7c310878c479a593e">operator!=</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1null__type.html">null_type</a> &amp;rhs) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do inequality comparison against hard-coded SQL null. <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#3f9fdc80890654486e8d1f321af9e962">operator&lt;</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a>&lt; Type &gt; &amp;rhs) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do less-than comparison of two nullable values.  <a href="#3f9fdc80890654486e8d1f321af9e962"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#6d446e98902211c226ae23a3cc13f4a6">operator&lt;</a> (const <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1null__type.html">null_type</a> &amp;) const </td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">Do less-than comparison against hard-coded SQL null.  <a href="#6d446e98902211c226ae23a3cc13f4a6"></a><br></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"><br><h2>Public Attributes</h2></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="11c562b34e0f4f39f34cd36ace40c33e"></a><!-- doxytag: member="mysqlpp::Null::data" ref="11c562b34e0f4f39f34cd36ace40c33e" args="" -->
Type&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#11c562b34e0f4f39f34cd36ace40c33e">data</a></td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">The object's value, when it is not SQL null. <br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top">bool&nbsp;</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html#2ce81045c6da00302bb3c998527aab7b">is_null</a></td></tr>

<tr><td class="mdescLeft">&nbsp;</td><td class="mdescRight">If set, this object is considered equal to SQL null.  <a href="#2ce81045c6da00302bb3c998527aab7b"></a><br></td></tr>
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<hr><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
<h3>template&lt;class Type, class Behavior = NullIsNull&gt;<br>
 class mysqlpp::Null&lt; Type, Behavior &gt;</h3>

Class for holding data from a SQL column with the NULL attribute. 
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This template is necessary because there is nothing in the C++ type system with the same semantics as SQL's null. In SQL, a column can have the optional 'NULL' attribute, so there is a difference in type between, say an <code>int</code> column that can be null and one that cannot be. C++'s NULL constant does not have these features.<p>
It's important to realize that this class doesn't hold nulls, it holds data that <em>can</em> <em>be</em> null. It can hold a non-null value, you can then assign null to it (using MySQL++'s global <code>null</code> object), and then assign a regular value to it again; the object will behave as you expect throughout this process.<p>
Because one of the template parameters is a C++ type, the typeid() for a null <code>int</code> is different than for a null <code>string</code>, to pick two random examples. See type_info.cpp for the table SQL types that can be null. 
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Default constructor. 
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"data" member is left uninitialized by this ctor, because we don't know what to initialize it to. 
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Initialize the object with a particular value. 
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The object is marked as "not null" if you use this ctor. This behavior exists because the class doesn't encode nulls, but rather data which <em>can</em> <em>be</em> null. The distinction is necessary because 'NULL' is an optional attribute of SQL columns. 
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Construct a <a class="el" href="classmysqlpp_1_1Null.html">Null</a> equal to SQL null. 
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Converts this object to Type. 
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If is_null is set, returns whatever we consider that null "is", according to the Behavior parameter you used when instantiating this template. See <a class="el" href="structmysqlpp_1_1NullIsNull.html">NullIsNull</a>, <a class="el" href="structmysqlpp_1_1NullIsZero.html">NullIsZero</a> and <a class="el" href="structmysqlpp_1_1NullIsBlank.html">NullIsBlank</a>.<p>
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Do less-than comparison against hard-coded SQL null. 
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Always returns false because we can only be greater than or equal to a SQL null. 
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Do less-than comparison of two nullable values. 
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Two null objects are equal to each other, and null is less than not-null. If neither is null, we delegate to operator &lt; for the base data type. 
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Assign SQL null to this object. 
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Assign a value to the object. 
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Do equality comparison against hard-coded SQL null. 
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Do equality comparison of two nullable values. 
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If set, this object is considered equal to SQL null. 
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This flag affects how the Type() and &lt;&lt; operators work. 
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