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IFNULL
Syntax
• The argument must be specified in the format hh:mi:ss.
• The result is of type SHORT.
• If the argument expression evaluates to NULL, the result is NULL.
Compatibility
ODBC compatible
Returns value if expr is NULL. If expr is not NULL, IFNULL returns expr.
IFNULL
Example In this example, which illustrates the IFNULL function, the SELECT statement returns three rows
with a NULL value in column C1, and two non-NULL values:
Note The data type of value must be compatible with the data type of expr.
INITCAP
Syntax
IFNULL( expr, value)
SELECT C1, IFNULL(C1, 9999) FROM TEMP ORDER BY C1;
C1 IFNULL(C1,9999)
-- ----------------
9999
9999
9999
1 1
3 3
Compatibility
ODBC compatible
Returns the result of the argument character expression after converting the first character to
uppercase and the subsequent characters to lowercase.
INITCAP ( char_expression )
Example The following example shows how to use the INITCAP function:
SELECT INITCAP (last_name)
FROM customer ;
97