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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=426055621-25102007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2>I'm fine with you adding a property.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=426055621-25102007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2>Look through the code for uses of mdxNullLiteral, and you
will notice that this is used as a special member key value. If you just replace
it with a property, you will have problems if that property has the same value
as a real member - e.g. "". So, this change may not be
trivial.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#000080 size=2>Please make sure there is a unit test which includes a
member whose name is "". That test should work already, and should continue to
work after your change.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=426055621-25102007><FONT face=Verdana
color=#000080 size=2>Julian</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> mondrian-bounces@pentaho.org
[mailto:mondrian-bounces@pentaho.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ajit Vasudeo
Joglekar<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:19 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
mondrian@pentaho.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Mondrian] mdx Null literal
parameter<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>We are interested in adding a
parameter in Mondrian.properties to take place of the hardcoded
RolapUtil.mdxNullLiteral variable that is currently set to "#null". This
directly affects how the value is represented in the report output. The
parameter will allow users to set the value to either "#null" or "" or
something else. </FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>For us it will allow
configure the behaviour similar to AS 2000 which shows it as empty
value</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Requesting comments</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>-Ajit</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>