Re: What is SQL Standard: ISNUL()L, IFNULL() ?

[Victoria Reznichenko]

"Holly Chamberlain" <hollyc@stripped> wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a good site that contains the current SQL standard? Or
> does anyone know is ISNULL() and IFNULL(), and similar null testing
> functions, standard SQL or extensions to SQL?

No, there are no such functions in the SQL-99. In the standard you can find IS [NOT] NULL
to see if value is NULL or not.

> 
> Thanks! I'm porting from Sybase SQLAnywhere to MySQL and just found what
> worked in Sybase (ISNULL()) now appears to have to be IFNULL() --- this
> is a real bummer because I didn't want to have to change ANY of my
> application code..
> 


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