
	>Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 wrote:
	>> 
	>>         > isnull() is on our TODO list.
	>> 
	>>         It should be called NVL() from "Null VaLue" like in
Oracle and
	>> Informix.
	>>         isnull() would suggest a boolean return value to me.
	>> 
	>
	>
	>With SyBase, IsNull(X,Y) returns X if X is not null, and Y
	>if X is null.

	Yes, the difference is only the name of the function.

	Andreas

Wed, 9 Dec 1998 14:59:20 +0100 
Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at>
AW: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t
> 
> 	>Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 wrote:
> 	>> 
> 	>>         > isnull() is on our TODO list.
> 	>> 
> 	>>         It should be called NVL() from "Null VaLue" like in
> Oracle and
> 	>> Informix.
> 	>>         isnull() would suggest a boolean return value to me.
> 	>> 
> 	>
> 	>
> 	>With SyBase, IsNull(X,Y) returns X if X is not null, and Y
> 	>if X is null.
> 
> 	Yes, the difference is only the name of the function.

isnull() is used by Ingres.

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Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:08:12 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: AW: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t