MySQL "NULL" questions

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Published on 2010-02-07T09:13:46Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 9:45 UTC
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I have a table with several columns.

Sometimes some of these column fields may be empty (ie. I won't use them in some cases).

My questions:

  1. Would it be smart to set them to NULL in phpmyadmin?

  2. What does the "NULL" property actually do?

  3. Would I gain anything at all by setting them to NULL?

  4. Is it possible to use a NULL field the same way even though it is set to null?

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