what is null value?

Answer Posted / pr@$@d

Null means unknown value
The value null can be regarded as an unknown value.
Therefore, the following select statement returns null:

select 5+7+null+9 from dual;

Note : A null can be assigned but it can not be equated
with anything: Even itself.

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