Hello Lucas,
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I don't see how to use this here, I will have to research the |/||/|
select rpad(|IFNULL(|null, ''),5,'1');
|/||/|
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The function you want to use is IFNULL() documented
here:http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/control-flow-functions.html
Try it as he wrote it just without the pipes (|):
SELECT RPAD(IFNULL(column_name, ''),5,'1');
Another option to the IFNULL and CASE is the COALESCE function:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/comparison-operators.html
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