| From: | Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | hlefebvre(at)easynet(dot)fr (H(dot)Lefebvre) |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t |
| Date: | 1998-12-09 15:10:07 |
| Message-ID: | 199812091510.KAA10144@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 wrote:
> >
> > > isnull() is on our TODO list.
> >
> > It should be called NVL() from "Null VaLue" like in Oracle and
> > Informix.
> > isnull() would suggest a boolean return value to me.
> >
>
>
> With SyBase, IsNull(X,Y) returns X if X is not null, and Y
> if X is null.
We should support both isnull() and nvl(). On the TODO list now.
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