Instead of COALESCE(a.addressid,0) AS addressexists, use CASE:
CASE WHEN a.addressid IS NOT NULL
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS addressexists
or the simpler:
(a.addressid IS NOT NULL) AS addressexists
This works because TRUE is displayed as 1 in MySQL and FALSE as 0.
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Instead of COALESCE(a.addressid,0) AS addressexists, use CASE:
CASE WHEN a.addressid IS NOT NULL
THEN 1
ELSE 0
END AS addressexists
or the simpler:
(a.addressid IS NOT NULL) AS addressexists
This works because TRUE is displayed as 1 in MySQL and FALSE as 0.
SELECT c.name, IF(a.addressid IS NULL,0,1) AS addressexists
FROM customers c
LEFT JOIN addresses a ON c.customerid = a.customerid
WHERE customerid = 123
You can use a CASE statement.
SELECT
CASE WHEN currate.currentrate IS NULL THEN 1 ELSE currate.currentrate END
FROM ...
You can use COALESCE:
SELECT orderhed.ordernum,
orderhed.orderdate,
currrate.currencycode,
coalesce(currrate.currentrate, 1) as currentrate
FROM orderhed
LEFT OUTER JOIN currrate
ON orderhed.company = currrate.company
AND orderhed.orderdate = currrate.effectivedate
Or even IsNull():
SELECT orderhed.ordernum,
orderhed.orderdate,
currrate.currencycode,
IsNull(currrate.currentrate, 1) as currentrate
FROM orderhed
LEFT OUTER JOIN currrate
ON orderhed.company = currrate.company
AND orderhed.orderdate = currrate.effectivedate
Here is an article to help decide between COALESCE and IsNull:
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2689/deciding-between-coalesce-and-isnull-in-sql-server/
Where and why exactly a null is used?
What is exactly null and not null? To my understanding Not null we use when its mandatory to insert some value in that field, also when we give check constraint so by default the column will be not null right?
By adding new column through alter method default values are null, so how would I be able to insert values in it and is it right to give not null constraint to that new column while adding through alter method, basically when null and when not null to be used?...
god this is so confusing please help me, ik im asking alot but im really confused