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Null Blanking Combined Query

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mflammia
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Posted - 2008-10-08 : 18:30:58

Using the Sql query below works fine for what I need, until one of the columns has a NULL in it. Then the whole result is returned as NULL instead of just stepping over it, why is that and any ideas how I fix it?

Select (__DETAILS + CHAR(13)+ CHAR(13) + _PRICE + CHAR(13) + CHAR(13) +_TIMES +CHAR(13) + CHAR(13) +_CONTACT + CHAR(13)+ CHAR(13) + _DIRECTIONS) from realessex.dbo._DATA

Many Thanks.

tkizer
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38200 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-08 : 18:33:17

You can fix this with COALESCE function, ISNULL function, CASE statement, or CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL option.

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mflammia
Starting Member

44 Posts

Posted - 2008-10-08 : 19:14:28

Thanks very much for the help.

For the record I used the ISNULL function below and it fixed my problem:

Select (__DETAILS + CHAR(13)+ CHAR(13) + isnull(_PRICE,'') + CHAR(13) + CHAR(13) +_TIMES +CHAR(13) + CHAR(13) +_CONTACT + CHAR(13)+ CHAR(13) + _DIRECTIONS) from realessex.dbo._DATA

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