NULL ?

[Darrell Shifflett]

Was performing some simple tests for the use of NULL in a table.
Can't get NULL to display, it only displays N ?
I have a table called 'pet'

mysql> SELECT * FROM pet;
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| name     | owner   | species | sex  | birth      | death      |
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| Buffy    | Harold  | dog     | f    | 1989-05-13 | NULL       |
| Bowser   | Diane   | dog     | m    | 1985-08-31 | 1995-07-29 |
| Whistler | Gwen    | bird    | N    | 1997-12-09 | NULL       |
| Slim     | Benny   | snake   | m    | 1996-04-29 | NULL       |
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
The 'Whistler' name row under 'sex' is 'N' not 'NULL' ?
I put this in pet.txt:
__________________________________________________________
Buffy   Harold  dog     f       1989-05-13      \N
Bowser  Diane   dog     m       1998-08-31      1995-07-29
Whistler        Gwen    bird    \N      1997-12-09      \N
Slim    Benny   snake   m       1996-04-29      \N
----------------------------------------------------------
and did:
mysql> LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "pet.txt" INTO TABLE pet;

Why is the NULL not showing?

Then i just did:
mysql> delete * pet where owner = "Gwen";
mysql> INSERT INTO pet
mysql> VALUES ('Whistler','Gwen','bird',NULL,'1997-12-09',NULL);
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

mysql> SELECT * FROM pet;
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| name     | owner   | species | sex  | birth      | death      |
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
| Buffy    | Harold  | dog     | f    | 1989-05-13 | NULL       |
| Bowser   | Diane   | dog     | m    | 1985-08-31 | 1995-07-29 |
| Whistler | Gwen    | bird    | NULL | 1997-12-09 | NULL       |
| Slim     | Benny   | snake   | m    | 1996-04-29 | NULL       |
+----------+---------+---------+------+------------+------------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Now it is correct. Does LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE "pet.txt" INTO TABLE pet;
not take \N as NULL in a center field? The docs says it does, but ...... 

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