On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:58 PM, Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> wrote: > > Try coalesce: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-conditional.html#AEN15541 > > So if foo is a null value, and you used COALESCE(foo, 'bar'), the > output would be 'bar', otherwise it would be whatever the value of foo > is. >
On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Rick Genter <rick.gen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Either use '' as some_type, or use COALESCE(some_type, ''). > Thank you both, that worked fine. -- Regards, Asfand Qazi Team 87 HTGT Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
