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RE: Join vs. Subselect with COALESCE for join value

Agreed....  The second term is redundant.

Sorry about that...

Eric DeLong
Sally Beauty Company
MIS-Project Manager (BSG)
940-297-2863 or ext. 1863



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:46 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Join vs. Subselect with COALESCE for join value


> From file1 join file2 on ( (fld1 is null and fld2 = fld3) or
>                                  (fld2 is null and fld1 = fld3) or
>                                  (fld1 = fld3)   )

s/b (fld1 is null and fld2 = fld3) or (fld1 = fld3)

Joe

> From: DeLong, Eric
> 
> >From file1 join file2 on ( (fld1 is null and fld2 = fld3) or
>                                  (fld2 is null and fld1 = fld3) or
>                                  (fld1 = fld3)   )

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