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Problem Note 10604: IS BLANK and IS NOT BLANK does not differentiate between nulls and spaces

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If you have a field on your SAS Campaign Management database that is
populated with either null, a space or a blank, the IS BLANK and IS NOT
BLANK operators within selection rules cannot differentiate between
them.

A Technical Support hot fix for this issue is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/cam75.html

This hotfix introduces two new ISMCONFIG options:  EnableIsEmpty and
EnableIsNull.  It also adds the following new operators:  IS EMPTY,
IS NOT EMPTY, IS NULL, IS NOT NULL.  If you wish to use the new
operators, you must set the EnableIsEmpty and/or EnableIsNull
configuration options to 'Yes' using the SAS Campaign Management Admin
utility.


Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Campaign ManagementMicrosoft Windows NT Workstation7.4
Microsoft Windows XP Professional7.4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional7.4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server7.4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server7.4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server7.4
* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.