From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl> |
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To: | Martín Marqués <martin(at)bugs(dot)unl(dot)edu(dot)ar> |
Cc: | Marco Lazzeri <marcomail(at)noze(dot)it>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: If table A value IS NULL then table B |
Date: | 2004-01-23 20:28:42 |
Message-ID: | 20040123202842.GC30740@dcc.uchile.cl |
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 05:15:56PM -0300, Martín Marqués wrote:
> Mensaje citado por Marco Lazzeri <marcomail(at)noze(dot)it>:
>
> > I want to write a query on table 'main' that if 'id_other_table' is null
> > returns value from itself, from table 'other' otherwise.
>
> SELECT CASE WHEN id_other_table IS NULL THEN id_other_table
> ELSE id
> FROM main,other
What about COALESCE?
SELECT COALESCE(id_other_table, id) FROM main, other WHERE ...
(Also probably an OUTER JOIN is needed -- see
http://www.varlena.com/GeneralBits/56.php)
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Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
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