On 3/21/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am running a basic install of MySQL 5.0 with "strict mode" turned on I would like to use RPAD however at times a NULL var will be sent to the function. My goal is to have a function that will convert the NULL to a blank string to get the result of EXAMPLE3 if a NULL is returned. EXAMPLE 1 mysql> select rpad(null,5,'1'); +------------------+ | rpad(null,5,'1') | +------------------+ | NULL | +------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Try this: SELECT RPAD(CASE WHEN NULL IS NULL THEN '' ELSE '2' END, 5, '1'); If you are using it on an actual field, you would replace the first NULL and the '2' with the field to be checked.
