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<h1 class="topictitle1">NULL Statements</h1>
<div id="body8662426"><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001764491772__p725623614578">In PL/SQL programs, a <strong id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001764491772__b1779310141113">NULL</strong> statement can be used to indicate "do nothing", which is also known as an empty statement.</p>
<p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001764491772__a0261909453bc42bcb3051b27d3270864">A NULL statement acts as a placeholder and can give meaning to certain statements, improving the readability of the program.</p>
<div class="section" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001764491772__s116fc7ddf8074de7839a921a63f1a598"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Syntax</h4><p id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001764491772__ab59772b352fa433c94f3f790c0ef770b">The following shows example use of NULL statements.</p>
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<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">NULL</span><span class="p">;</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="c1">--No data needs to be processed.</span>
<span class="w"> </span><span class="k">END</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="k">IF</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="dws_04_0532.html">GaussDB(DWS) Stored Procedure Control Statements</a></div>
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