Use the COALESCE function. It returns the first non-null value: SELECT COALESCE(mycolumn, "default value") AS someField FROM table_name
If any row for the mycolumn field returns null, the null value will replaced with the string "default value". <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL Concetenation inside CFQuery I'm using this cfquery to pull records from an MSSQL 2005 db: SELECT U.userID, U.userFirstName, U.userMiddleName, U.userLastName, (U.userFirstName + SPACE(1) + U.userMiddleName + SPACE(1) + U.userLastName) AS assignedName FROM a_Table It works great, with one exception. In some cases, the U.userMiddleName datafield is a NULL value. When that occurs, the entire "assignedName" alias is NULL for that record row, not just inserting an empty space between the first and last names as I would expect. When all three datafields (first,middle,last) have values, a valid "assignedName" is returned. Is there a workaround? Thanks, Mark [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude EVA] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263922 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
