• COALESCE will do an implicit conversion using Data Type Precedence.

    The convertion from COALESCE to CASE is just the way COALESCE works (at least a part of it).

    For more information on data type precedence for implicit conversion, check: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190309.aspx

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