Re: [hibernate-dev] case, coalesce, nullif; but no NVL/ISNULL

2012-02-03 Thread Steve Ebersole
You can use coalesce to achieve the same. Maybe thats the standard answer? On Fri 03 Feb 2012 09:40:37 AM CST, Steve Ebersole wrote: > HQL and JPQL define support for case expressions (both simple and > searched), as well as the 2 "abbreviated" SQL CASE forms nullif and > coalesce. > > Howeve

[hibernate-dev] case, coalesce, nullif; but no NVL/ISNULL

2012-02-03 Thread Steve Ebersole
HQL and JPQL define support for case expressions (both simple and searched), as well as the 2 "abbreviated" SQL CASE forms nullif and coalesce. However, we do not currently have a standard form for NVL/ISNULL. Part of the problem is that SQL does not define such an abbreviated form either. A