I don't see how to use this here, I will have to research the |/||/| select rpad(|IFNULL(|null, ''),5,'1');
|/||/| but this below works thank you 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. 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:
