Depending on your database, you could also use ISNULL() or IFNULL() functions - much simpler than the case statement, but less portable.
For example, in Microsoft SQL Server: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms184325.aspx The case statement below would look like this instead: ISNULL(col,'YOURINDICATORFORNULL) AS col Rick On 10/8/07, Qasim Rasheed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Instead of Stored procedure, you can simply do this > > CASE WHEN col is NULL THEN 'YOURINDICATORFORNULL' > ELSE col > END AS col > > HTH > > On 10/8/07, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > perfect, thanks very much charlie :) > > > > in relation to the issue of null values being different to empty strings > > in the database, am i right by saying the only way to get round this would > > be to create a stored procedure that ran sql code to test for a null value > > or empty string then pass back a result to cf telling it whether it is null > > or an empty string? > > > > thanks > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
