topic Null values switch to 0 in Data Management Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/null-values-switch-to-0/m-p/472570#M26938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi ;</P><P>im using 10.4 arcgis n windows10 , ihave a csv file with no data in some cells ,,when i joined it to ashape file and then export it to shape file ,all (No data) &nbsp;switch to 0 ,which is Wrong !!!!&nbsp;</P><P>can any one help ? its urgent&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:16:40 GMT sanabelja 2016-11-17T04:16:40Z Null values switch to 0 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/null-values-switch-to-0/m-p/472570#M26938 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>hi ;</P><P>im using 10.4 arcgis n windows10 , ihave a csv file with no data in some cells ,,when i joined it to ashape file and then export it to shape file ,all (No data) &nbsp;switch to 0 ,which is Wrong !!!!&nbsp;</P><P>can any one help ? its urgent&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 04:16:40 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/null-values-switch-to-0/m-p/472570#M26938 sanabelja 2016-11-17T04:16:40Z Re: Null values switch to 0 https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/null-values-switch-to-0/m-p/472571#M26939 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>your fields are numeric I take it... 0 is the nodata value for numeric values in shapefiles. &nbsp;If you need to retain &lt;null&gt; then you need to save the results in a geodatabase. &nbsp;Alternately, you must provide a conversion/replacement to represent null. &nbsp;For example, -999 or some other number that doesn't exist in the data</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 17 Nov 2016 05:08:06 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/data-management-questions/null-values-switch-to-0/m-p/472571#M26939 DanPatterson_Retired 2016-11-17T05:08:06Z