Re: append columns that are null

I'd be out of work very soon :(

nobody wrote:
> You are welcome. Only if all problems were that simple ;-)...
> "Gerwin Philippo" <gerwin(at)vernet(dot)nl> wrote in message
> news:40ecf718$0$36169$e4fe514c(at)news(dot)xs4all(dot)nl(dot)(dot)(dot)
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>>THX! didn't know that one yet :)
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>>nobody wrote:
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>>>"Gerwin Philippo" <gerwin(at)vernet(dot)nl> wrote in message
>>>news:40ec1043$0$559$e4fe514c(at)news(dot)xs4all(dot)nl(dot)(dot)(dot)
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>>>>I have function that appends 2 columns, like
>>>>"new.field1 = new.field2||new.field3",
>>>>but when field 3 is null, then the entire outcome is null, while I
>>>>expected just field2, since when I append nothing to field2, I get
>>>>field2, right?
>>>>Is this standard behaviour, and if so, is there another append function
>>>>that I can use that doesn't behave like this?
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>>>COALESCE is your friend...
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