2016-02-04 13:02:00
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While debugging a report, I see that certain ModelLink filter fields that are left blank return with a negative values such as -128 or -1226216161. Why does that happen?
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2016-02-04 13:02:00
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This usually happens if the 'Filters' tags in the report file are defined as
<Filters bindSqlNulls="false>.
GregMerrill 2016-02-04 13:02:00
Yeah, this is a legacy flag which should always be true for any new report you create. For some reason someone thought it was a good idea a long time ago to use these "magic" numbers instead of real nulls, so this is part of our legacy codebase. bindSqlNulls="true" is STRONGLY preferred.
