AW: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t

From: Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <Andreas(dot)Zeugswetter(at)telecom(dot)at>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: AW: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t
Date: 1998-12-09 13:59:20
Message-ID: 219F68D65015D011A8E000006F8590C60180FAB9@sdexcsrv1.sd.spardat.at
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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.

Yes, the difference is only the name of the function.

Andreas

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