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Re: SELECT MAX question

ADBAAMD <adba.amdocs@bell.ca>

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From: "ADBAAMD" <adba.amdocs@bell.ca>
To: "Jacob" <Jay@cob.com>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2001-04-01T16:33:09Z
Lists: pgsql-general 
Jacob wrote:

> I have an sql tatement in my ASP page that has a WHERE date = (SELECT
> MAX(other_date) FROM SomeTable WHERE Blah1 = Blah2) clause.  What's
> happening is that the query is grabbing the latest date ONLY if something
> something is in the "other_date" field.  If the "other_date" field is blank,
> then the record is not chosen.  My question is, how do I grab the latest
> date of "other_date" even if the it happens to be blank?

	Adding my own question to this, does pgsql have an equivalent to the 
Oracle NVL function?



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