COALESCE(), ISNULL() , NULLIF() and alternatives in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL
In this article we look at the SQL functions COALESCE, ISNULL, NULLIF and do a comparison between SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
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In this article we look at the SQL functions COALESCE, ISNULL, NULLIF and do a comparison between SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
2022-04-06
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In this article we look at using Window Functions in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL to see the differences and similarities of the syntax.
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create table t1 (id int primary key, city varchar(50)); insert into t1 values (1, 'Rome'), (2, 'New York'), (3, NULL);If we execute the following query, how will the records be sorted in both environments?
select city from t1 order by city;See possible answers