Re: how to return field based on field= NULL or not

From: Wojtek <foo(at)twine(dot)pl>
To: Juan Backson <juanbackson(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how to return field based on field= NULL or not
Date: 2009-08-24 03:55:55
Message-ID: 4A920F4B.7080607@twine.pl
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Hi,

I assume one field will always be NULL and one will always has data in it.

select coalesce(fieldA, fieldB) from table

Regards,
foo

Juan Backson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In my table, I have fieldA and fieldB. At any point in time, only one
> of these fields can have data in it. The other is NULL.
>
> Instead of "select fieldA, fieldB from table", I want it to return
> either fieldA or fieldB depends on whether it is NULL or not.
>
> The reason is because I want to use "select
> array_to_string(array_accum(field A or field B) ,',') from table.
>
> Is it possible to do it that way?
>
> Thanks,
> JB

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