MySQL Bugs: #13789: Error when exporting results to MS Excel

Bug #13789	Error when exporting results to MS Excel
Submitted:	6 Oct 2005 0:39	Modified:	12 Oct 2005 13:20
Reporter:	Doug Davey	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Query Browser	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	1.1.15	OS:	Windows (Windows XP SP 2)
Assigned to:	Mike Lischke	CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
When reporting query results to MS Excel 2003 SP 1, the value "(null)" is exported as and empty string and and empty string is reported as "(null)"

How to repeat:
Write a query that returns a null and a "" as a table field and then export it to MS Excel.

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