SQL Server Data Treat Empty String As Null Setting

Description

When this option is selected, empty strings (no characters) will be treated as NULL.

If you want to treat fixed-length fields containing only whitespace as NULL, you must also enable the 'Trim trailing spaces' option.

Type

Boolean

Default

false

Usage

This setting can't be configured other than in a TOML configuration file.

Flyway Desktop

This can be set from the data comparison options settings in SQL Server projects.

TOML Configuration File

[redgateCompare.sqlserver.data.options.comparison]
treatEmptyStringAsNull = true

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