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Vern
ifnull is just another name for coalesce.
You do have the SQL reference handy don't you?
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/info/db2/rbafzmst.pdf
Charles
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Bale [mailto:dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 11:56 AM > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > Subject: RE: Left join question (was: SQL table joins: Join vs. Where) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Goodbar, Loyd > > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 9:19 AM > > > > Where you have T04.CUSNM in your SELECT ALL, you could substitute: > > > > Coalesce(T04.CUSNM, '* Customer ' concat trim(T01.CUNOCV) > concat ' not > > found. *') > > > > This will show you the missing customers when you change to your > > left join. > > Coalesce is a beautiful thing! Thanks Loyd! (And Wayne; > I'll have to learn > more about ifnull) > > db > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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