What is COALESCE Function in SQL
The SQL coalesce function will gives the first non-null string.
Syntax: coalesce (strng1, string2, string3 … stringn)
Ex:
select coalesce('a','b','c'), coalesce(null,'a',null,'b') from dual;
coalesce('a','b','c')
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a
coalesce(null,'a',null,'b')
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a
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Technical Details
Works in: | SQL Server (starting with 2008), Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Parallel Data Warehouse |
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