Re: isnull

Yes, you're right.  I remember attempting to do an outer left join using the
nullif but without success so I used the case function instead with success.
Maybe someone else knows more about nullif and why it doesn't seem to work.

Regards,
Julie

Joseph Shraibman wrote:

> Julie Hunt wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I haven't come across ifnull
>
> Ah, I think the documentation that came with 6.5.3 was wrong, because
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions.htm#AEN2257 has the function
> nullif  where ifnull was in my documentation.  I don't get errors now, but it
> just doesn't seem to do it's job.
>
> playpen=> insert into tablea values (100, null);
> INSERT 23168 1
> playpen=> select * from tablea;
> indexa|data
> ------+----
>      1|   1
>      2|   2
>      3|   2
>      4|   4
>      7|   7
>      6|   8
>      5|   8
>    100|
> (8 rows)
>
> playpen=> select *, data from tablea;
> indexa|data|data
> ------+----+----
>      1|   1|   1
>      2|   2|   2
>      3|   2|   2
>      4|   4|   4
>      7|   7|   7
>      6|   8|   8
>      5|   8|   8
>    100|    |
> (8 rows)
>
> playpen=> select *, nullif(data, 9) from tablea;
> indexa|data|case
> ------+----+----
>      1|   1|   1
>      2|   2|   2
>      3|   2|   2
>      4|   4|   4
>      7|   7|   7
>      6|   8|   8
>      5|   8|   8
>    100|    |
> (8 rows)
>
> >
> > Julie
> >
> > >Oops, my mistake.  I meant ifnull.  Whenever I try to use ifnull I get an
> > >error so I have to use a case when a = null then default else a end.
> > >
> > >Julie Hunt wrote:
> > >
> > >> There is a space between is and null: is null
> > >>
> > >> Regards
> > >>
> > >> Joseph Shraibman wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Could someone give me an example of isnull?  Whenever I try it I get an
> > >> > error message.
> > >