Re: SELECT MAX question

From: "ADBAAMD" <adba(dot)amdocs(at)bell(dot)ca>
To: "Jacob" <Jay(at)cob(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: SELECT MAX question
Date: 2001-04-01 16:33:09
Message-ID: 3AC75845.3090604@bell.ca
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Jacob wrote:

> I have an sql tatement in my ASP page that has a WHERE date = (SELECT
> MAX(other_date) FROM SomeTable WHERE Blah1 = Blah2) clause. What's
> happening is that the query is grabbing the latest date ONLY if something
> something is in the "other_date" field. If the "other_date" field is blank,
> then the record is not chosen. My question is, how do I grab the latest
> date of "other_date" even if the it happens to be blank?

Adding my own question to this, does pgsql have an equivalent to the
Oracle NVL function?

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