nil() and (empty) fields

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Cris6
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‎04-14-2020 01:51 AM

Just a quick (hopefully) trivial question.

I have a field on a table, the field has the word '(empty)' in it, so it is not literally empty, but instead states that it is (empty).

I have a script using the nil() GlideElement.

What I want to know, will nill() return false on this field? Because there is the string (empty) in there? Or does (empty) literally mean empty, therefore nill() will be true?

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Harsh Vardhan
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‎04-14-2020 01:57 AM

is it reference field or string type field? 

if reference type field then it will be empty and nil() will be true. if its string type field then it is actually a string there so it will not give true. 

 

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Indrajit
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‎04-14-2020 02:19 AM

Hey Cris,

Like you said that its just a word 'empty' that means it is a string value so it will not nil.

 

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Indrajit.

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