dalongliu created FLINK-26949:
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             Summary: Add NVL supported in SQL & Table API
                 Key: FLINK-26949
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-26949
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Sub-task
          Components: Table SQL / API
            Reporter: dalongliu
             Fix For: 1.16.0


Returns {{expr2}} if {{expr1}} is {{{}NULL{}}}, or {{expr1}} otherwise.

Syntax:
{code:java}
nvl(expr1, expr2) {code}
Arguments:
 * {{{}expr1{}}}: An expression of any type.

 * {{{}expr2{}}}: An expression that shares a least common type with 
{{{}expr1{}}}.

Reutrns:

The result type is the least common type of the argument types.

This function is a synonym for {{{}coalesce(expr1, expr2){}}}.

Examples:
{code:java}
> SELECT nvl(NULL, 2);
 2
> SELECT nvl(3, 2);
 3
 {code}
See more:
 * [Spark|https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/sql/index.html#nvl]
 * [Hive|https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/hive/languagemanual+udf]



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