Re: AW: [HACKERS] isnull() or is it?t

On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > > With SyBase, IsNull(X,Y) returns X if X is not null, and Y
> > > if X is null.
> > 
> > Which is identical in behavior to the SQL92-defined function
> > COALESCE(X,Y) (IsNull() is not in the standard). This is now in the
> > Postgres development tree, to be available in the next release. Should
> > we also have the less capable IsNull() available too? COALESCE() has the
> > nice feature that it takes an unlimited number of arguments, returning
> > the first non-null result.
> 
> Oh, NVL and isnull are not standard?  Then let's just use coalesce.  I
> will remove them from the TODO list.

Surprises me too.  I was under the (incorrect) impression that isnull
was standard.  

Vince.
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