Re: Text concat problem

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)on(dot)ca>
Cc: Luis Magaña <joe666(at)gnovus(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Text concat problem
Date: 2000-11-09 04:38:18
Message-ID: 5361.973744698@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)on(dot)ca> writes:
> I believe that the coalesce function can
> get you out of this... Speaking of which, why isn't it called NVL()?

Because the SQL92 standard calls it coalesce.

regards, tom lane

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