Yes, my bad, isnull not ifnull
-----Original Message-----
From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 4:24 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Another SQL statement question...
> It's off-topic, but I know people here are experienced with SQL, so...
>
> I am using SQL 7.0 and CF 4.5. I am trying to combine two ntext field
> columns to one field in a query, but I have a problem when one of
> the fields contains 'NULL' value. I am trying:
>
> SELECT TextID, TextColumn1 + TextColumn2 AS AllTextColumns
> FROM Table1
>
> But when either TextColumn1 or TextColumn2 has the 'NULL' value, the
> resulting column, AllTextColumns, shows as empty even if the other column
> has a text string in it. Is there a way to prevent this?
Use isNULL()
isNULL(TextColumn1,'')
Philip Arnold
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Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
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