I have wrriten a vbs macro to automatically insert values from a DDE Excel

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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T18:59:05+00:00 2026-06-09T18:59:05+00:00

I have wrriten a vbs macro to automatically insert values from a DDE Excel sheet to a DB table.

The problem, is that some of the cells are empty
so the query turns out :

INSERT INTO `stock_realtime` (`fkstock`, `benefit_month`)
VALUES (77,  '')
    ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `benefit_month` = '',  `created` = NOW();

But my sql table contains default values of ‘0’ just for cases like this when the value is empty.

Still it errors Incorrect integer value:'' for column 'benefit_month' at row 1'

The other (full) queries work fine.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-09T18:59:07+00:00

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” is NOT empty (numeric) value, NULL is.

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