topic Re: Calculating fields to blank in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361889#M20722 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is it a numeric field?&nbsp; I don't it's possible to have a blank field value.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>It's string....</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:56:59 GMT TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:56:59Z Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361881#M20714 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Does anyone know how to calculate a field to completely blank (not null or 0)?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Seems really simple but I couldn't figure it out and Google didn't help.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:44:22 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361881#M20714 TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:44:22Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361882#M20715 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Tracy,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>did you try to just use "" ?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:46:08 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361882#M20715 TimWitt 2013-09-30T18:46:08Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361883#M20716 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Tim, </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Yes I did, didn't work. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Also gotta say I did my first GIS internship at Brevard County. Haha, thanks for the advice though.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:49:00 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361883#M20716 TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:49:00Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361884#M20717 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Small world! What happens when you use ""? Does it turn the values into NULL?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:50:04 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361884#M20717 TimWitt 2013-09-30T18:50:04Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361885#M20718 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>The fields all become 0.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:51:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361885#M20718 TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:51:35Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361886#M20719 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Does anyone know how to calculate a field to completely blank (not null or 0)?<BR />Seems really simple but I couldn't figure it out and Google didn't help.<BR />Thanks!!</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Is it a numeric field?&nbsp; I don't it's possible to have a blank field value.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:53:21 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361886#M20719 JoeBorgione 2013-09-30T18:53:21Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361887#M20720 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>What is your field type and is it a shapefile, geodatabase feature or raster?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:54:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361887#M20720 TimWitt 2013-09-30T18:54:34Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361888#M20721 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>It is a GDB feature class with point features.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:56:25 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361888#M20721 TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:56:25Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361889#M20722 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">Is it a numeric field?&nbsp; I don't it's possible to have a blank field value.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>It's string....</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:56:59 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361889#M20722 TracyDash 2013-09-30T18:56:59Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361890#M20723 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><BLOCKQUOTE class="jive-quote">It's string....</BLOCKQUOTE><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Hmmmm.&nbsp; That's really weird.&nbsp; But you know that already!&nbsp; What about other values; can you calculate something other than "" successfully?&nbsp; Do you have any domains set?&nbsp; That shouldn't matter... Sorry, more questions than answers...&nbsp; This is a head scratcher....</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 01 Oct 2013 08:42:42 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361890#M20723 JoeBorgione 2013-10-01T08:42:42Z Re: Calculating fields to blank https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361891#M20724 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hi Tracy,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Could you please take a screenshot of the field properties?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Melanie</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 04 Oct 2013 20:57:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/calculating-fields-to-blank/m-p/361891#M20724 MelanieSummers 2013-10-04T20:57:54Z