SQLT_CHR and null-values in OCI

Hi,

I bind a field of type 'varchar2(001) not null' with SQLT_CHR. I thought I don't need indicator-variables, because I don't want to (and can't) insert null-values into the field. But when I try to insert spaces, I get "ORA-01400: cannot insert NULL into (...)".

Is there a way to get around a dummy indicator-variable, which indicates, that the column is not null?

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Tommi Mäkitalo
Dr. Eckhardt + Partner GmbH