title: How to insert blank value in SQL database date column?
body: <p>I have one database in which there is one column named START_TS of type (datetime,not null).
  I wrote one program in java where I want to insert a blank value in that column but its taking<br>
  '1900-01-01 00:00:00.000' as the value.</p>
  
  <pre><code>statement.executeUpdate("insert into tableName(START_TS) values(CAST(START_TS as varchar(100)))");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please suggest the casting mechanism where i can insert blank value in that column.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks </p>