You are welcome. Only if all problems were that simple ;-)...
"Gerwin Philippo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> THX! didn't know that one yet :)
>
> nobody wrote:
> > "Gerwin Philippo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >>I have function that appends 2 columns, like
> >>"new.field1 = new.field2||new.field3",
> >>but when field 3 is null, then the entire outcome is null, while I
> >>expected just field2, since when I append nothing to field2, I get
> >>field2, right?
> >>Is this standard behaviour, and if so, is there another append function
> >>that I can use that doesn't behave like this?
> >
> >
> > COALESCE is your friend...
> >
> >
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