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replace values of null

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sqlhelp14
Yak Posting Veteran

55 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-04 : 12:47:55

select distinct
case when item is null then replace(item,null,'-')
else itemend
end as item
from itemstable

i want to replace all null values to '-'...but still i m getting null values..

syntax is correct still not getting results..

can anyone help?

thanks.

jdaman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

354 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-04 : 12:51:31

select distinct
case when item is null then '-'
else itemend
end as item
from itemstable

blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-04 : 13:10:11

This should get you what you want:

select	coalesce(item, '-') as Item
from	itemstable

...but if you still see "nulls", they are probably zero-length strings and this will convert them:

select	coalesce(nullif(item, ''), '-') as Item
from	itemstable

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sqlhelp14
Yak Posting Veteran

55 Posts

Posted - 2008-03-04 : 13:16:06

thanks jdaman
and blindman

got the correct results..

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