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Selecting between two fields

  • February 9, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    #152753

    I used this funtion in the past, but now the name escapes me.

     

    What it does is wrap two  columns and if the first column is empty it selects the contents of the second.

     

    If anyone can remember the name plese pass it along.

     

    thanks on advance

    --Ron

  • February 9, 2006 at 1:35 pm

    #619922

    declare @table table

    (

    some_value varchar(50),

    some_other_value varchar(50),

    some_other_other_value varchar(50)

    )

    insert @table

    select NULL,NULL,'easy'

    union all

    select NULL,'as','abc'

    union all

    select '123',NULL,'abc'

    union all

    select NULL,NULL,NULL

    select coalesce(some_value,some_other_value,some_other_other_value,'Nothing there')

    from @table

    Mathew J Kulangara
    sqladventures.blogspot.com

  • February 9, 2006 at 1:37 pm

    #619923

    Thank you

    --Ron

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