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  • adjective That may be nullified; nullifiable.
  • adjective computing That is allowed to have a null value.

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Examples

  • The problem that bugged me was that anytime a database schema change was made, such as changing a field from non-nullable to nullable, I had to find all the places in the code that referenced that field and make sure it still worked.

    the drama and humour of numbers Bill Kerr 2009

  • I was suggesting a virtualization option because I imagine it got very repetitive to use this construct with every nullable field.

    the drama and humour of numbers Bill Kerr 2009

  • Message type when a primary key includes nullable columns

    Site Home Bill Ramos 2011

  • Specifies the type of message Warning, Error, or Nothing that SSMA shows in the Output pane when it finds primary keys with nullable columns.

    Site Home Bill Ramos 2011

  • A standard String variable can always be set to null, so it does not need to be marked as nullable.

    ASP.NET Forums imperialx 2010

  • A standard String variable can always be set to null, so it does not need to be marked as nullable.

    ASP.NET Forums imperialx 2010

  • Id property to empty string, and since Id is a non-nullable int, we get a type conversion error.

    ASP.NET Weblogs 2010

  • A standard String variable can always be set to null, so it does not need to be marked as nullable.

    ASP.NET Forums imperialx 2010

  • Does 3.5 finally support nullable types in strongly typed datasets? nbaluni

    ASP.NET Forums chintanshah19 2010

  • A standard String variable can always be set to null, so it does not need to be marked as nullable.

    ASP.NET Forums imperialx 2010

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