From 74109cc805155bb1179f1840447a6ba71774cc54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Jean-Marc Pigeon (Delson)" <jmp@safe.ca>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 16:57:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Adding "NULL" capability to sql_gooddata procedure

---
 lib/devsql.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/devsql.c b/lib/devsql.c
index 4076076..30d2fd5 100644
--- a/lib/devsql.c
+++ b/lib/devsql.c
@@ -510,11 +510,9 @@ phase=0;
 proceed=true;
 while (proceed==true) {
   switch (phase) {
-    case 0      :       //do we hav a goot data-base key
-      if ((key==(char *)0)||(strlen(key)==0)) {
-        (void) rou_alert(0,"%s dbkey is NULL or empty (Bug?)",OPEP);
-        phase=999;      //trouble trouble
-        }
+    case 0      :       //do we have a string
+      if ((key==(char *)0)||(strlen(key)==0)) 
+        key="NULL";     //no, force a 'NULL' string.
       break;
     case 1      :       //checking the key encoding
       if ((sqlkey=sql_checkencoding(key))==(char *)0) {
-- 
2.47.3