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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: [SQL] isnull function]
To: kachun@pathlink.net (Kachun Lee)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 15:13:34 -0400 (EDT)
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> 
> Is there an isnull function avaliable in postgres, such as:
> 
>   select isnull(dt_field, 'now') ...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 

I don't tbink so, but it would be nice.  I think Ingres has it.  It also
would not be hard to write as a loadable function.

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