RE: NVL (sql oracle)

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:45:53 -0800 (PST), Stephan Szabo wrote:

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> If I'm not misremembering what NVL does, the equivalent
> is coalesce.

or maybe NULLIF?




>
> Stephan Szabo
> sszabo@bigpanda.com
>
> On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Nick Fankhauser wrote:
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> > > NVL in postgreSQL???
> >
> > That was also my first thought when looking at Jeff Eckerman's string
> > concatenation dilemma. I don't find NVL or anything that remotely resembles
> > it anywhere in the docs. Having such a function would cetainly be handy. Can
> > anyone clue us in on the process for submitting suggestions to the code
> > hackers? (or point out a similar function that I missed...)
>
>