IFNULL

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Compatibility
IFNULL(f1, f2)
EngineOKAlternative
ingresYesCOALESCE(f1, f2)
mysqlYesCOALESCE(f1, f2)
oracleNoCOALESCE(f1, f2)
postgresNoCOALESCE(f1, f2)
sqlserverNoCOALESCE(f1, f2)

IFNULL

IFNULL takes two arguments and returns the first value that is not null.

  IFNULL(x,y) = x if x is not NULL
  IFNULL(x,y) = y if x is NULL

IFNULL can be useful when you want to replace a NULL value with some other value. In this example you show the name of the party for each MSP that has a party. For the MSP with no party (such as Canavan, Dennis) you show the string None.

SELECT name, party
      ,IFNULL(party,'None') AS aff
  FROM msp WHERE name LIKE 'C%'
SELECT name, party
      ,IFNULL(party,'None') AS aff
  FROM msp WHERE name LIKE 'C%'
SELECT name, party
      ,COALESCE(party,'None') AS aff
  FROM gisq.msp WHERE name LIKE 'C%'
SELECT name, party
      ,COALESCE(party,'None') AS aff
  FROM msp WHERE name LIKE 'C%'

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