COALESCE( arg1,..., argN ) |
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IFNULL( arg1, arg2 ) |
Returns arg1 if not NULL, otherwise arg2. Basically, IFNULL is a two-argument version of COALESCE().
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NULLIF( arg1, arg2 ) |
Returns arg1 if arg1 and arg2 are different and returns NULL if the arguments are equal. Used when you have non-NULL values in your database that you want to treat as NULL.
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