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Use NVL - NULL-Value Substitute.
The format is:
NVL(value, substitute)
If value is NULL, this function is equal to substitute
Aaron Ogren skrev i meldingen <371B7306.5AB2DE9A_at_lucent.com>...
>Using Oracle 8.0.5 for NT: Is there a way to change the
>Oracle handling of NULL number columns so that adding 1
>to a NULL value will set the value to 1 via initialization
>parameter or other methods, besides using the NVL function?
Received on Mon Apr 19 1999 - 14:27:50 CDT