Reid Thompson <reid(dot)thompson(at)ateb(dot)com> wrote:
> In the case where a_text is null, I essentially want the same result as the case when a_text = ''.
>
> would this:
> select a_int || coalesce(a_text,'') from test1 where a_int = 1000002;
> be the proper way?
Yes.
Andreas
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