[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015045]: [patch] Fetching a NULL value from database returns "NULL" string

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15045 
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Reported By:                chris-mac
Assigned To:                tilghman
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15045
Category:                   Addons/app_addon_sql_mysql
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   feature
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     acknowledged
Asterisk Version:           SVN 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): 1.6.1 
SVN Revision (number only!): 889 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-05-06 15:25 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-05-20 15:57 CDT
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Summary:                    [patch] Fetching a NULL value from database returns
"NULL" string
Description: 
How to reproduce (asumming SQL query "SELECT some_null_col
FROM table WHERE where id = 1" returns NULL):

extensions.conf:
exten => 601,1,MYSQL(Connect connid1 ${DBHOST} ${DBUSER} ${DBPASS}
${DBNAME})
exten => 601,n,MYSQL(Query resultid1 ${connid1} SELECT some_null_col
FROM table WHERE where id = 1)
exten => 601,n,MYSQL(Fetch fetchid1 ${resultid1} X-DB-null)
exten => 601,n,MYSQL(Clear ${resultid1})
exten => 601,n,MYSQL(Disconnect ${connid1})
exten => 601,n,NoOp(X-DB-null: ${X-DB-null})
exten => 601,n,NoOp(ISNULL = ${ISNULL(${X-DB-null})})

console:
   -- Executing [601 at test:1] MYSQL("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "Connect
connid1 mysql-ro asterisk pass1 test") in new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:2] MYSQL("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "Query
resultid1 1 SELECT some_null_col FROM table WHERE where id = 1") in
new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:3] MYSQL("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "Fetch
fetchid1 2 X-DB-null") in new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:4] MYSQL("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "Clear 2")
in new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:5] MYSQL("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100",
"Disconnect 1") in new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:6] NoOp("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "X-DB-null:
NULL") in new stack
   -- Executing [601 at test:7] NoOp("SIP/OpenSER-082cf100", "ISNULL =
0") in new stack

So looks like NULL value fetched from a MySQL table is converted into a
'NULL' string and ISNULL function returns 0.
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Relationships       ID      Summary
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related to          0014757 [patch] 'h' extension not being execute...
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 (0105156) tilghman (administrator) - 2009-05-20 15:57
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15045#c105156 
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"nullvalue=empty option is broken anyway and should not be used - this is
because there will be no way to know later if the value in the DB was
really empty or it was it NULL"

This is not negotiable.  This must be one of the options.  If you want,
I'll add it to your patch, but for the reasons of Gosub and LOCAL()
variables, the option of setting NULL values as empty MUST be available. 

Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2009-05-20 15:57 tilghman       Note Added: 0105156                          
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