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  3. October 2003

RE: SQL loval date/timestamp--(function in SQL to select a valuefrom a list)

Alan:

> This reminds me of a pending question I've had that might
> help. I've checked the manual, but can someone refresh my
> mind on the SQL function that takes one value from a list of
> two, where one is a database value, and the other is a value
> to select in case the database value is null? (Or something
> like that?)


I believe you're thinking of COALESCE:

select lastname, firstname, coalesce(char(termination_date), 'ACTIVE') from
employees


Regards,

John Taylor

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