Index: funcs/func_realtime.c
===================================================================
--- funcs/func_realtime.c	(revision 43649)
+++ funcs/func_realtime.c	(working copy)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 	if (!args.delim2)
 		args.delim2 = "=";
 
-	head = ast_load_realtime(args.family, args.fieldmatch, args.value, NULL);
+	head = ast_load_realtime_all(args.family, args.fieldmatch, args.value, NULL);
 
 	if (!head) {
 		ast_module_user_remove(u);
Index: include/asterisk/config.h
===================================================================
--- include/asterisk/config.h	(revision 43649)
+++ include/asterisk/config.h	(working copy)
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
  * MUST be freed with ast_variables_destroy() as there is no container.
  */
 struct ast_variable *ast_load_realtime(const char *family, ...);
+struct ast_variable *ast_load_realtime_all(const char *family, ...);
 
 /*! \brief Retrieve realtime configuration 
  * \param family which family/config to lookup
Index: main/config.c
===================================================================
--- main/config.c	(revision 43649)
+++ main/config.c	(working copy)
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@
 	return result;
 }
 
-struct ast_variable *ast_load_realtime(const char *family, ...)
+struct ast_variable *ast_load_realtime_all(const char *family, ...)
 {
 	struct ast_config_engine *eng;
 	char db[256]="";
@@ -1162,6 +1162,35 @@
 	return res;
 }
 
+struct ast_variable *ast_load_realtime(const char *family, ...)
+{
+	struct ast_variable *res, *cur, *prev = NULL, *freeme = NULL;
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, family);
+	res = ast_load_realtime_all(family, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	/* Eliminate blank entries */
+	for (cur = res; cur; cur = cur->next) {
+		if (freeme) {
+			free(freeme);
+			freeme = NULL;
+		}
+
+		if (ast_strlen_zero(cur->value)) {
+			if (prev)
+				prev->next = cur->next;
+			else
+				res = cur->next;
+			freeme = cur;
+		} else {
+			prev = cur;
+		}
+	}
+	return res;
+}
+
 /*! \brief Check if realtime engine is configured for family */
 int ast_check_realtime(const char *family)
 {
Index: res/res_config_odbc.c
===================================================================
--- res/res_config_odbc.c	(revision 43649)
+++ res/res_config_odbc.c	(working copy)
@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@
 		indicator = 0;
 		res = SQLGetData(stmt, x + 1, SQL_CHAR, rowdata, sizeof(rowdata), &indicator);
 		if (indicator == SQL_NULL_DATA)
-			continue;
+			rowdata[0] = '\0';
+		else if (ast_strlen_zero(rowdata)) {
+			/* Because we encode the empty string for a NULL, we will encode
+			 * actual empty strings as a string containing a single whitespace. */
+			ast_copy_string(rowdata, " ", sizeof(rowdata));
+		}
 
 		if ((res != SQL_SUCCESS) && (res != SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO)) {
 			ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "SQL Get Data error!\n[%s]\n\n", sql);
@@ -180,15 +185,12 @@
 		stringp = rowdata;
 		while(stringp) {
 			chunk = strsep(&stringp, ";");
-			if (!ast_strlen_zero(ast_strip(chunk))) {
-				if (prev) {
-					prev->next = ast_variable_new(coltitle, chunk);
-					if (prev->next)
-						prev = prev->next;
-					} else 
-						prev = var = ast_variable_new(coltitle, chunk);
-					
-			}
+			if (prev) {
+				prev->next = ast_variable_new(coltitle, chunk);
+				if (prev->next)
+					prev = prev->next;
+			} else 
+				prev = var = ast_variable_new(coltitle, chunk);
 		}
 	}
 
Index: res/res_realtime.c
===================================================================
--- res/res_realtime.c	(revision 43649)
+++ res/res_realtime.c	(working copy)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		return RESULT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	var = ast_load_realtime(argv[2], argv[3], argv[4], NULL);
+	var = ast_load_realtime_all(argv[2], argv[3], argv[4], NULL);
 
 	if(var) {
 		ast_cli(fd, header_format, "Column Name", "Column Value");