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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Igor Korot <[email protected]>
Cc: pgsql-generallists.postgresql.org <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: How do I check for NULL
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 19:44:01 -0700
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On Monday, December 8, 2025, Igor Korot <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> However,, I'd like to still insert the record and I'd like to do something
> like:
>
> INSERT INTO test VALUES( 0, 'abc', 12345, IF( (SELECT foo FROM bar) ==
> NULL, "postgres", <select_result>), /*more data follow*/);
>
> What would be the best way to achieve this?
>

The “coalesce” function.

David J.

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