If we're going to do that we should add IFNULL() from MySQL as well...
Chris
Michael Glaesemann wrote:
On Nov 24, 2005, at 21:21 , Marcus Engene wrote:
When we're having an alias discussion, I'd really like to see NVL in
postgres. Not because of porting from oracle as much as just spelling
that without the reference manual is completely impossible.
NVL: what a very unfortunate spelling. (NULL VaLue? NULL Valued Logic?
Named Very Loosely? Someone help me here :) ) AFAICT, COALESCE is SQL
standard, while NVL isn't. I think an index entry might be a good idea.
Michael Glaesemann
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