On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Rafael Copquin <[email protected]> wrote: > Please tell me how to replace the following vfp functions with their > equivalent T-SQL functions (for SQL Server)
Hi Rafael , > > NVL ISNULL( check_expression ,replacement_value ) > VAL CONVERT(int, xxx) > they are used in a select statement like > > select a.account,a.invdate,a.invno,a.invamt,nvl(b.company,'') as company ; > from invoices as a left outer join customers as b ; > where a.account = val(b.account)........ select a.account,a.invdate,a.invno,a.invamt,isnull(b.company,'') as company ; from invoices as a left outer join customers as b ; where a.account = convert(int, b.account)........ Actually, this may work without the convert(). SQL is quite forgiving reguarding datatypes... -- Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
