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Kostiantyn Kudriavtsev commented on HIVE-6107: ---------------------------------------------- Brock, thank you for your comment! Do you mean Teradata has patent on nvl2 or this API? For sure, in this case adding process must be postponed > Introduce nvl2 UDF similar to Oracle > ------------------------------------ > > Key: HIVE-6107 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-6107 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: UDF > Reporter: Kostiantyn Kudriavtsev > Priority: Minor > Attachments: hive-6107.patch > > > Introduce new UDF: > nvl2 : extends the functionality found in the NVL function. It lets you > substitutes a value when a null value is encountered as well as when a > non-null value is encountered. > NVL2( string1, value_if_NOT_null, value_if_null ) -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.5#6160)