COALESCE()
steps in. It helps when we want to ignore null values while processing the data, by returning the first argument that is not null, while the remaining arguments from the first non-null argument are not evaluated.
COALESCE()
function is as follows:
COALESCE()
requires a minimum of two inputs.COALESCE()
:
COALESCE()
function, we’re going to get the first non-null value from this set.
9
, the first value without null among the provided options.
3
because it returns the first non-null value.
1
, as it is the first non-null value of the argument.
COALESCE()
function ignores the first two NULLs and returns the first non-null value, 3
. It does not process the subsequent NULL values.
COALESCE()
function returns an empty value (null).
COALESCE()
with Table Dataemployee_absent
table, which comprises a mix of NULL and non-null values:
SELECT
statement to display all the records:
COALESCE()
function on the absent
column. It retrieves names and absences (with out of office
for NULL values) for each employee.
COALESCE()
COALESCE()
function will generate an error, as shown below.