[MonetDB-users] (some) Numeric columns don't allow NULL?

Hello again, I've got a column declared as such: foo NUMERIC(9, 2), When I try and enter NULL values into it, it gives the following error: !SQLException:int:"" is no decimal value (doesn't contain a '.') Now, the message itself had me confused (still does actually), but I figured out by trial that it was complaining that I was shoving a NULL value in that column. Can someone explain why a NULL value can't go it here? (There is no "NOT NULL" on the column) Also columns defined as "NUMERIC(7,0)" allow NULL values..... Confused..... -matt