Re: Adding a null

Thanks Sam

Worked perfectly.

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Mason" <sam(at)samason(dot)me(dot)uk>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Adding a null

> On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 10:13:28AM -0800, Bob Pawley wrote:
>> However one variable sometimes returns a null value which invariably
>> gives a null answer.
>>
>> How can I work around this??
>
> What do you want it to do with the NULL value? I'm assuming you want to
> use COALESCE, something like:
>
> COALESCE(n,0) + COALESCE(m,0)
>
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