Why is it a good idea to set the Allow Zero Length property to No for fields with the Text or Memo data types?

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Access treats a null field value and a zero length field value differently.  When a text or memo field has the Allow Zero Length property set to Yes, it is not possible to determine if the field value is null or has a zero length value because both look the same. To have records with a zero field length appear in a query recordset, it is necessary to set the Allow Zero Length property for Text and Memo data type fields to No.

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